The rollout of Apple Pay to markets around the world is going a bit slow, but that’s sort of to be expected when you have to work with various retailers, banks, and financial services and get them to come on board. For example over in Australia, Apple is still struggling to get some of the major banks to come to an agreement.
That being said if you are living in Ireland or if you do plan to travel to Ireland, an exclusive report from 9to5Mac has revealed that Apple Pay is expected to be launched in the region tomorrow. Interestingly enough this is the first we’ve heard of this, despite the fact that there has been evidence that Apple could be gearing up to launch in countries such as Taiwan, Germany, and Italy.
The report goes on to add that there will be at least two banks that will be supporting Apple Pay at launch and they are Ulster Bank and KBC, both of whom are multinational banks and have supported Apple Pay in other countries that they operate in. At the moment only these two banks have been mentioned, but it is unclear if the country’s other major and bigger banks such as Bank of Ireland and AIB will be coming on board as well.
It has been noted that AIB does support Android Pay, but we’re not sure if because of this there might be a conflict, or if it could be a good sign as the bank does appear to be supporting mobile payments. Take it with a grain of salt, but if it is true then we should find out the details shortly.
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