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Touchy? Being from Apple rather than a third party report, bigchrisfgb's link adds to the thread.

It was just a late regurgitation of the Information in the article I linked to, it doesn't add anything new. That was my point.

Since Visa/MasterCard are the ones that have the say on it, more than Apple, you can take what they say as golden. If you only relied on what Apple told you, you'd miss out that more places in the UK will take Apple Pay, than what Apple advertise....
 
Meanwhile, Barclays have started plastering adverts heavily on the Underground for their lacklustre alternative.
 
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