Apple Pay Will Reportedly Launch in Germany This Week, Possibly Tomorrow

Apple Pay will make its long-awaited debut in Germany this week, according to German blog Macerkopf.

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The report, citing unnamed sources within German banking circles, says the launch will likely occur on Tuesday with mobile bank N26 and Comdirect expected to be among the initial participating issuers in the country.

Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that Apple Pay would launch in Germany by the end of this year back in July. Apple Pay is also listed as "coming soon" on Apple's website in Germany, so a launch is to be expected imminently.

Apple Pay first launched in the United States in October 2014 and has since expanded to many other countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, China, Singapore, Switzerland, France, Japan, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Russia, New Zealand, Brazil, Poland, Ireland, and Ukraine.

Apple Pay expanded to Belgium and Kazakhstan in late November.

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Top Rated Comments

Ohples Avatar
71 months ago
NL...with its completely archaic financial system (and phone networks)
USA: Hold my beer
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tobyx Avatar
71 months ago
Only took 4 years. A tad bit ridiculous.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Enclavean Avatar
71 months ago
Can´t believe it took this long to launch in Germany
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
hardwickj Avatar
71 months ago
Good luck with this. Germany is still very much a cash-based country, as I discovered when spending 2 months in Berlin this summer. Wanna pay for lunch with a credit card? Nein! Many restaurants simply don't accept credit card. It's kind of shocking actually.

Also, in the off chance they do support contactless payments, the brand/make of terminal that most places use is so wretchedly awful you'll just default to cash to avoid the hassle.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
clauzzz203 Avatar
71 months ago
In Germany you can’t even pay with a credit card in most places..
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BornAgainMac Avatar
71 months ago
Only took 4 years. A tad bit ridiculous.
It was faster than how long it takes for Apple to update the Mac Mini.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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