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Apple Pay Launches in Ukraine
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"The last Apple Pay launch took place in Italy in the middle of May" - That was in 2017!! The last country to get Apple Pay was Brazil in April.
IMO, most stores in the US would easily be cash only if they could get away with it; there's that much hatred for the card networks here. I don't think Venmo's going to be what people go with though since it was originally designed as a P2P (not P2B or B2B) money transfer solution.
That said, NFC support has gotten better. There'll be a point where the networks will have to give businesses an incentive, however (likely in the form of significantly lower fees for NFC transactions).
To all of you complaining that Germany still doesn't have it:
Every time I visit Germany I get dodgy looks if I pay something less than 10EUR with card. They just want CASH.
In Poland I pay 0.50EUR chewing gum with NFC debit card. Ukraine is similar.
Every time I visit Germany I get dodgy looks if I pay something less than 10EUR with card. They just want CASH.
In Poland I pay 0.50EUR chewing gum with NFC debit card. Ukraine is similar.
Germany is the complete opposite. Cash is indeed king. The first time I went to Germany many years ago, a woman pulled out a DM500 note to pay for a 30pf battery. The shop assistant didn't bat an eyelid. She would not have got away with that in the UK.
Venmo has business payments but needs to polish them a bit more. I'm hoping they do. I've only used it once, for paying for a haircut, and it was nice but could've been improved in obvious ways.
I can see why they hate the card networks. Some smaller stores do accept card, but I use cash anyway. I think card is "convenient enough" that Apple Pay etc aren't any better in that way, but the overhead is a problem for small or low-margin businesses.
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Wonderful news! Already got it setup! What about Apple Pay Cash?
Apple Pay launched in Ukraine today. Owners of Apple devices in the country this morning found that they could add credit cards to the mobile payment system, including MasterCard and Visa (via Tehnot).
Ukraine's finance minister Oleksandr Danyliuk took to Facebook to herald the launch, which initially supports cards issued by the country's nationalized PrivatBank, with Oschadbank expected to follow soon.
During the company's May earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple Pay would expand to Norway, Poland, and Ukraine "in the next several months", without providing specific launch dates. Separately, a launch in Ukraine was also rumored for Q2 2018.
The last Apple Pay launch took place in Italy in the middle of May, with users in the country able to add Visa and MasterCards issued by Boon, Carrefour, and UniCredit into their iPhone.
Over the last few years, Apple has been working to expand Apple Pay to additional countries, and it is now available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, Hong Kong, France, Russia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Taiwan, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, UAE, Ukraine, and Brazil.
(Thanks, Oleksandr!)
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Wonderful news! Already got it setup! What about Apple Pay Cash?
Apple Pay launched in Ukraine today. Owners of Apple devices in the country this morning found that they could add credit cards to the mobile payment system, including MasterCard and Visa (via Tehnot).
Ukraine's finance minister Oleksandr Danyliuk took to Facebook to herald the launch, which initially supports cards issued by the country's nationalized PrivatBank, with Oschadbank expected to follow soon.
During the company's May earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple Pay would expand to Norway, Poland, and Ukraine "in the next several months", without providing specific launch dates. Separately, a launch in Ukraine was also rumored for Q2 2018.
The last Apple Pay launch took place in Italy in the middle of May, with users in the country able to add Visa and MasterCards issued by Boon, Carrefour, and UniCredit into their iPhone.
Over the last few years, Apple has been working to expand Apple Pay to additional countries, and it is now available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, Hong Kong, France, Russia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Taiwan, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, UAE, Ukraine, and Brazil.
(Thanks, Oleksandr!)
Article Link: Apple Pay Launches in Ukraine
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What do Somalia, Haiti and Zimbabwe have to do with Apple Pay being launched in Ukraine? Are you comparing Ukraine to those aforementioned countries? If you’re pissed off, you better take it to your local authorities responsible for the regulatory measures preventing Apple Pay to come in.
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That’s why I had to buy my iPhone X at almost $1300 here in Kyiv. This is a big market for Apple and I can’t apprehend why we still don’t have them here.
[doublepost=1526634209][/doublepost]Ukraine's finance minister Oleksandr Danyliuk took to Facebook to herald the launch
Apple Pay launched in Ukraine today. Owners of Apple devices in the country this morning found that they could add credit cards to the mobile payment system, including MasterCard and Visa (via Tehnot).
Ukraine's finance minister Oleksandr Danyliuk took to Facebook to herald the launch, which initially supports cards issued by the country's nationalized PrivatBank, with Oschadbank expected to follow soon.
During the company's May earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple Pay would expand to Norway, Poland, and Ukraine "in the next several months", without providing specific launch dates. Separately, a launch in Ukraine was also rumored for Q2 2018.
The last Apple Pay launch took place in Italy in the middle of May, with users in the country able to add Visa and MasterCards issued by Boon, Carrefour, and UniCredit into their iPhone.
Over the last few years, Apple has been working to expand Apple Pay to additional countries, and it is now available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, Hong Kong, France, Russia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Taiwan, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, UAE, Ukraine, and Brazil.
(Thanks, Oleksandr!)
Article Link: Apple Pay Launches in Ukraine
(Thanks, Oleksandr!)
MACRumors got tipped by Ukraine's finance minister
Just use Boon. Takes you 20 minutes. I should have done this years before. Just paid 3 buns in denmark with my Apple watch in 3 seconds. Beep and done. Works in Germany in every contactless credit card terminal.