I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but Average Joe in Germany won't do it to the point that it makes banks shiver not to be on board at less than optimal conditions.
No, Maestro is owned by MasterCard.
Cases like what?
Sounds just like Macrumors half the time
And electric cars? Well germans love fast cars with power, so lets take another look in 5 to 10 years.
Dude, where do you live? I have never heard something like that. Germany is a very innovative country, although it depends what you talk about. Mobile phones? Were taking off slowly in the late 80ies. Smartphones? Took off like a rocket! Mobile payments? Talk to young people who pay with cards only. Talk to the 50+ and they would love the have the D-Mark back!
Well..
Facts, luckily, don't care if you agree or not, and you don't have to live somewhere 18 years to have a very good picture of something like state of banks and payments.Well..
Admittedly I'm not German, but I do live in Germany & have done for 18 years now, and I wasn't making any comparison with the UK as I haven't lived there for a lot longer than that. I was drawing on my own observations during that time.
'fraid we'll have to agree to disagree!
I'm glad that you know better than everybody else. Apparently differences of opinion don't exist in your World. Good Luck with that.
Credit and debit cards are already on top. I just FaceTime'd with my parents. They went out for lunch in Santa Monica, CA but forgot their wallets, and I watched them walk around, unable to find anything that accepted mobile payments.
[doublepost=1496837324][/doublepost]Still amazes me why not in Poland, yet. We have better infrastructure than Germany and society oftern uses credit cards than in Germany. It's hard to believe but it's a fact.
Apple is "working rapidly" to expand Apple Pay to additional countries in Asia and Europe, and there's increasing evidence and reports that suggest the service may launch in Italy and Germany in the near future.
Apple recently updated its Apple Pay participating banks and card issuers in Asia-Pacific support document with a new image of Europe that has Italy highlighted. The change isn't visible on the United States or Europe versions of the page, suggesting that it may have been added to the Asia-Pacific page prematurely.
MacRumors discovered a colored version of the image stored on Apple's servers that makes it easier to see Italy highlighted.
Apple's regional Italian website has listed Apple Pay as "coming soon" since March, so it's only a matter of time--WWDC?--before the payments service launches in the country. At launch, Apple Pay will work with Visa and MasterCard in Italy through participating banks UniCredit, Boon, and Carrefour Banca.
Meanwhile, German blog iPhone-Ticker reports that Apple Pay should launch in Germany in the fall or winter. As in some other countries, however, the negotiations between Apple and German banks allegedly continue to be challenging, likely as both sides struggle to reach an agreement over fees and control.
Last October, Germany was similarly highlighted on the Apple Pay availability map, but only for a brief period of time.
Apple Pay launched in the United States in October 2014, and it has since expanded to 14 other countries and regions: Australia, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. There was also a rumor that Belgium could be added this month.
Article Link: Apple Pay Negotiations Still Ongoing in Germany as Hints of Pending Italian Launch Increase
