Apple Pay expanding to Australia and Canada this year for American Express cards

On its earnings call, Apple has announced a further expansion of Apple Pay in partnership with American Express, to Australia and Canada in 2015 as well as Spain, Singapore and Hong Kong next year in 2016. Exact details are still murky — Tim Cook very specifically said ‘eligible American Express customers in these regions’ so it isn’t going to be as big as a rollout for Apple Pay as we saw for the US or UK.

However, it’s a start and will effectively double the number of countries with Apple Pay support, bringing the total to four for 2015. Apple remains ‘committed’ to expanding the mobile payments feature going forward. The American Express arrangement explains why Apple Pay logos started appearing in Australian Apple Maps. Tim Cook restated Apple Pay’s double-digit growth month-on-month in terms of transactions.

We’ll have more details of the American Express deal for Australia and Canada soon.

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