The general consensus is that it all comes down to Apple negotiating the terms of an Apple Pay deal with banks. I'm sure it's in Apple's best interest to offer it in as many countries as possible, but there are ones that are pretty set in their ways like in Austria, where the infrastructure and market for such a service exists, but the banks remain unaffected.
If the other person can’t convert my electrons into cotton-based paper with pictures of dead historical figures, it’s a bit useless to me. I’m trying to skip hitting the ATM for cash, not eliminate cash entirely.That is the idea, to use the "Cash" function without the cash part
You can deposit it into your bank account if you don’t want to spend it as Apple Pay.
From the article itself:
I'm glad they are expanding this. I really liked Apple Pay when I was in the UK. Pity it's not available here in Greece yet! (would have come in handy back when we had capital controls!) Though perhaps that's why we never got it. Two years later though, and the capital controls are gone, yet Apple Pay is still nowhere in sight. Oh well, I can but dream!
Apple Pay Cash, Apple's mobile peer-to-peer payments service, could be available sooner rather than later in some European markets.
When Apple Pay Cash does arrive outside the U.S., Apple device owners wanting to use it will need an iPhone 6 and later, iPhone SE, any iPad Pro model, a fifth-generation iPad, iPad Air 2, or iPad mini 3 running iOS 11.2 or later.
Update: One MacRumors reader has found a link to an Apple Pay Cash support page localized for Austria, while support pages have also been discovered for Italy, Poland, Sweden, and Russia.
Article Link: Apple Pay Cash Likely to Launch in Europe Imminently
Yes.
Well, the start of Apple Pay in Poland was pretty good, so we could hope for Apple Pay Cash as well : )
There's no danish translation of the support page, so not likely I would assume.
