Dubai: Leave your wallet behind when you head to the coffee shop this morning. Just remember to bring your iPhone.
Apple Pay, the company’s digital wallet, launches in the UAE today. Anyone using credit cards from six UAE banks - Mashreq, Emirates NBD, Emirates Islamic, RAK Bank, HSBC, or Standard Chartered - and having an iPhone 6 or later will be able to use Apple Pay.
“We are incredibly excited to bring Apple Pay to the UAE starting October 24, so customers can have an easy and secure and private way to pay in stores, in apps and on the web and, of course, using the devices they carry with them every day,” Jennifer Bailey, VP Internet Services, Apple Pay, told Gulf News in a phone call from Cupertino, California.
Apple Pay can be used anywhere that uses a contactless payment terminal, such as the wireless credit card readers available in most retailers around the UAE.
