Apple Pay Launches in the Philippines

Monday August 3, 2026 12:14 pm PDT by Juli Clover

Apple Pay expanded to the Philippines today, which means iPhone and Apple Watch owners in the country can add supported debit and credit cards to the Wallet app for contactless payments.

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Credit and debit cards can be added by opening the Wallet app and tapping on the "+" button. According to users on Reddit, supported banks include UnionBank, GoTyme, Metrobank, and Chinabank. Cards are verified using SMS or phone call.

Once an eligible card is added to the Wallet app, it can be used at retail locations that support ‌Apple Pay‌. Reddit users have been able to add their cards to Apple Wallet and make ‌Apple Pay‌ purchases at stores like Starbucks and 7-Eleven.

‌Apple Pay‌ is available in a long list of countries around the world, with details on supported banks. The Philippines hasn't been added to Apple's site yet, but Apple should soon have a full list of participating banks.

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jprmercado

12 weeks ago

Can’t believe I finally get to read about Apple Pay launching in my home country here on MacRumors! 😭🥳🤘🏼

Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)

jprmercado

12 weeks ago

Weird! I've used Apple Pay when I visited three years ago. Most places have NFC readers now, but still get those "wow" looks when I wave my Apple Watch to pay for food or other things.

You could always pay with Apple Pay at any NFC-enabled POS terminal in the world regardless of whether Apple Pay is available in a particular country or not (with a lot of US/UK exceptions like Walmart and others not wanting to pay Apple's cut per transaction).

Yes, all true, but to clarify: Apple Pay launching in the Philippines means that Philippine-based banks have finally enabled their locally issued cards for use on Apple Pay.

So, starting today, cards issued in the Philippines can finally be tokenized for use on Apple Pay.

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mlayer

12 weeks ago

I'm sure no disrespect intended on your part, but calling the Philippines "the PI" is a bit like calling Thailand "Siam". It refers to the period of time that the Philippines was a US colony ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(1898–1946)'). Since 1946 it's simply "The [Republic of the] Philippines" or PH for short.

I haven't been there in 27 years. Noted, and thank you.

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MacRebel_14

12 weeks ago

I couldn't believe that I would finally see an article about Apple Pay Philippines since, from time to time, when visiting MacRumors for almost 10 years hoping that I would get information on when it would be available🥹

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exidy

12 weeks ago

Awesome! I'm planning a family trip to PI around Christmas, this should make things easier.

I'm sure no disrespect intended on your part, but calling the Philippines "the PI" is a bit like calling Thailand "Siam". It refers to the period of time that the Philippines was a US colony ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(1898–1946)'). Since 1946 it's simply "The [Republic of the] Philippines" or PH for short.

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dontwalkhand

12 weeks ago

You could always pay with Apple Pay at any NFC-enabled POS terminal in the world regardless of whether Apple Pay is available in a particular country or not (with a lot of US/UK exceptions like Walmart and others not wanting to pay Apple's cut per transaction).

The issue is you couldn’t add any Fillipino bank cards.

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