Apple Pay China news and trends

China Apple Pay Launch: 3 Million Cards In 2 Days

March 02, 2016
Is Apple Cutting Chinese Banks An Apple Pay Fee Deal?
Apple Pay // February 24, 2016

It wasn’t easy for Tim Cook to get Apple Pay into China, but his company was finally able to make that vision a reality last week (Feb. 18). Now, however, new details have surfaced as to why China’s banks were finally ready to jump on...

Apple Pay China Launch This Week? France Is Next
Mobile Payments // February 16, 2016

Apple Pay may (finally) be on its way to China. The latest buzz on MacRumors points to the possibility that Apple Pay will officially launch in China this Thursday (Feb. 18). A customer service representative at China’s Guangfa Bank reportedly posted, via the bank’s WeChat...

UnionPay Joins The Mobile Payments Race
Mobile Commerce // December 17, 2015

Apple Pay hasn’t even launched in China yet, and it’s already got some major competition from China’s biggest credit card company. UnionPay Network Payments, a subsidiary of China UnionPay, has formed a partnership with U.K. startup Powa to bring a mobile payments system to market that...

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Is Apple Cutting Chinese Banks An Apple Pay Fee Deal?

February 24, 2016
It wasn’t easy for Tim Cook to get Apple Pay into China, but his company was finally able to make that vision a reality last week (Feb. 18). Now, however, new details have surfaced as to why China’s banks were finally ready to jump on the Apple Pay bandwagon. According to a report in the […]

Apple Pay China Launch This Week? France Is Next

February 16, 2016
Apple Pay may (finally) be on its way to China. The latest buzz on MacRumors points to the possibility that Apple Pay will officially launch in China this Thursday (Feb....

UnionPay Joins The Mobile Payments Race

December 17, 2015
Apple Pay hasn’t even launched in China yet, and it’s already got some major competition from China’s biggest credit card company. UnionPay Network Payments, a subsidiary of China UnionPay, has formed...