Barclays Finally Supports Apple Pay in United Kingdom

[MacRumors]

Barclays appears to have enabled much-anticipated support for Apple Pay in the United Kingdom during the early morning hours on Tuesday.

A growing number of Barclays customers on Twitter have been successfully able to add their debit or credit cards from the large British bank to Apple Pay since shortly after midnight local time.

Screenshot courtesy of MacRumors reader James Richards​

Barclays was notably absent from the list of banks and participating issuers supporting Apple Pay when the mobile payments service first expanded to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in July 2015.

Barclays cardholders can set up Apple Pay through the Wallet app on iOS 8.1 or later. Bank-issued cards can be scanned or added manually by tapping the "Add Credit or Debit Card" option. Follow the on-screen verification steps.

Apple Pay is also supported at Bank of Scotland, First Direct, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, M&S Bank, MBNA, Nationwide, NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander, Tesco Bank, TSB, and Ulster Bank in the United Kingdom.

Article Link: Barclays Finally Supports Apple Pay in United Kingdom

 

[Sirious]

Great to have you on board Barclays customers. You'll love Apple Pay

 

[finlaycraig]

Barclaycard UK also now supported.

 

[Recognition]

Not working for Business accounts

 

[AppleFanBoy82]

unable to add card - all i get after adding details is unable to add card, try again or add later

 

[groovyf]

Finally!
Got my card added now. Need to add again via Apple Watch app, if I'm not mistaken, to get it working there.

 

[arkitect]

Success!

That didn't take them long at all…

 

[Dilster3k]

Still no Apple Pay in Germany...

 

[Jay-Jacob]

Anyone been try know if you need call or receive text (SMS) to verify? I hope text not call.

 

[groovyf]

Anyone been try know if you need call or receive text (SMS) to verify? I hope text not call.

You get an option to either receive verification code via SMS or you have a phone number to call.

 

[Gymgenius]

Slow clap for Barclays.

 

[Jay-Jacob]

You get an option to either receive verification code via SMS or you have a phone number to call.

Fab! I can set up right now then.

I just got email from Barlcays say can use Apple Pay today.

 

[nickhutson]

If only the co-operative bank would step up now.

 

[Heisenberg888]

Barclaycard UK also now supported.

Tried both my Visa and American Express card and neither have been recognised.

 

[shandyman]

Added Barclaycard, but not received the SMS verification

 

[tmiw]

Yay more banks!

Also, I wonder how much of a haircut Apple had to accept compared to the other UK banks. It wouldn't really surprise me if Apple's cut is near/at zero for Barclays.

 

[nagelixin]

I just hope the exclusivity with Amex ends soon in Australia and Canada.

 

[iGeek2014]

I so nearly very tried in the early hours of this morning to see if they'd finally enabled it.

To those who've joined the Apple Pay party, welcome! We've been expecting you ;-).

It's worth pointing out if your Barclays Visa Debit card isn't contactless (and can't be used for offline transactions i.e. Pay at the Pump) you wouldn't be able to use the service, sorry.

 

[SoyCapitanSoyCapitan]

Done. Now to test it with breakfast.

 

[iGeek2014]

If only the co-operative bank would step up now.

Yes The Co-Operative Bank, Metro Bank and Yorkshire/Clydesdale Bank need to jump on the bandwagon now.

 

[Aarnt]

Still nothing in Netherlands - i hope Apple will develop this soon

 

[Bob95]

Still nothing in Netherlands - i hope Apple will develop this soon

Don't need apple pay, they just need to open the NFC for third party developers, so that for example ING kan just do the same they have done with their Android app.

 

[iLoveDeveloping]

Finally? Oh Ye such a hard wait, meanwhile in the rest of the world no word of Apple Pay yet... Poor babies had to wait so long! Can you tell the sarcasm?!

 

[GreatOldOne]

Successfully added both my Barclays debit cards. I still done know why it took so long. I helped put the encryption in place for the team doing the implementation, ages ago. They seemed to bugger about and not do anything with it for months.

 

[Zedcars]

It's way easier for me to just use contactless pay than Apple Pay on my phone. All I need to do is hold the card over the reader and boom! Done