Apple Pay has launched in the UK
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- 14 Jul 2020
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Apple Pay has launched in the UK, bringing the contactless payment system to stores including Boots, Costa, Lidl, Marks & Spencer and Nando's.
More than 250,000 shops across the UK will accept Apple Pay from day one, with Transport for London also supporting the payment method on its network. The UK is the second country to get Apple Pay after the service launched in the USA in October.
Anyone wanting to use Apple Pay to make payments in shops will need either an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus or an Apple Watch. The service is also compatible for in-app purchases on iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3.
Apple Pay supports most major credit and debit cards, although the UK's banks have been slow to take up the technology. American Express, MBNA, Nationwide, NatWest, RBS, Santander and Ulster Bank all support the service from launch.
Bank of Scotland, First Direct, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, M&S Bank and TSB are all listed as "coming soon" by Apple.
Barclays has to this point appeared to focused instead on its own bPay contactless payment system, but in a Tweet the bank said it would support the system in future.
Payments are currently limited to £20, rising to £30 in September. In a note to retailers last month Apple said payment terminals would need to "support the latest network contactless specifications" to take larger payments.
Stores that have already upgraded their payment terminals to support Apple Pay verification through Touch ID aren't subject to a payment cap. Pret is "limitless" from launch, with Boots removing the cap in November.
