Apple Pay is now available in India for Axis Bank credit card users. Learn about the current device requirements, initial service limits, and the UPI rules.
Apple Pay
Apple Pay is Apple’s mobile payment platform and digital wallet for storing tickets, passes, and other digital assets. It can be used at most contactless payment terminals, as well as for making purchases on websites that have incorporated Apple Pay into their shopping cart. The Apple Pay iPhone app is also where you manage your Apple Card credit card. Apple Pay also includes Apple Pay Cash, a peer-to-peer payment system.
Thousands Of Banks Can Sue Over Apple Pay Fees In New Class Action
Thousands of U.S. banks just gained class action status in an antitrust lawsuit against Apple over digital wallet fees and a lack of tap to pay competition.
Tap to Pay on iPhone remains live across eight added European markets
Tap to Pay on iPhone remains available in eight European markets added in May 2025, with local payment-provider support varying across each country.
Apple confirms Apple Cash purchases failed for some users on September 16
Apple has confirmed that some Apple Cash users couldn’t make purchases for about three hours on September 16. Its System Status page lists the problem from 1:17 p.m. to 4:18 p.m. PDT that day (4:17 p.m. to 7:18 p.m. EDT), and marks it resolved. iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. Image: Apple If an Apple Cash…
Apple Pay reportedly launches in India in October, with Axis Bank cards first
Apple Pay is set to launch in India in October, with Axis Bank credit cards first, according to a Reuters report from September 18 that cites three people with knowledge of the matter. Reuters put the launch “next month”, and Apple hasn’t confirmed it. iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. Image: Apple If the report holds,…
Apple Pay Reaches 89 Markets While Tap to Pay on iPhone Covers Just 50, and They Are Not the Same Service
Apple Pay and Tap to Pay on iPhone are not the same service. Apple Pay is the consumer feature that lets an iPhone or Apple Watch pay at a register, available in 89 markets by Apple’s own count. Tap to Pay on iPhone is the merchant feature that turns an iPhone into the register itself,…
Apple Card's Daily Cash, Family Sharing and Savings Account Are Not Part of the Chase Move
Apple Card’s three headline terms, up to 3 percent unlimited Daily Cash back, Apple Card Family, and access to a high-yield Savings account, are restated by Apple in the same release that announces Chase becoming its new issuer. Apple lists all three as continuing features, not as items under review during the transition. Apple Card…
Apple Pay Is in 89 Markets With 11,000 Bank Partners, by Apple's Own Count
Apple Pay is available in 89 markets with more than 11,000 banks and network partners, according to Apple’s own services report. The same report credits Apple Pay with eliminating well over $1 billion in fraud and generating more than $100 billion in incremental merchant sales, figures Apple has published about a service most people only…
Apple Card Is Moving to Chase. Here Is What Apple Confirmed, and What Is Only Reported
Apple confirmed in January that Chase will become the new issuer of Apple Card, moving the card away from Goldman Sachs over what Apple calls approximately 24 months. That is the whole of what Apple itself has said. A widely cited figure, that the deal moves over $20 billion in card balances, comes from reporting…
Apple Upgrade Excludes iPhone 16 and Apple Watch SE. Here Is the Full Eligibility List
Apple Upgrade’s launch list names which iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac and iPad models actually qualify for a lease, and which do not. iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus and Apple Watch SE are explicitly excluded. That eligibility list, not the monthly price, is the part of Apple’s July 28 announcement that decides whether a shopper can…
Wallet and Apple Pay Change for Everyone on iOS 27, but One New Feature Needs Siri AI
iOS 27 updates Wallet and Apple Pay for every supported iPhone on Monday, September 14, with swipe-to-switch cards, digital passes made from a photo of a physical card, and richer hotel keys. One new piece, splitting a restaurant bill through Apple Cash, needs Siri AI, an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone and a United States billing address,…
Three iOS 27 Features Built to Share Your Details: Tap to Share, Find My Timers and Wallet Passes
Three of the features in iOS 27 exist to pass your information to someone else. Apple Pay’s Tap to Share connects to a merchant’s iPhone to share your email, shipping and loyalty details, Find My gains location sharing that stops at a time you set, and Wallet can turn a scanned physical loyalty card into…
Apple Card Monthly Installments on iPhone 18 Pro: 0% APR, $35.97 Back and the Carrier Rule
Apple Card Monthly Installments splits an iPhone 18 Pro into 24 payments of $49.95 at 0 percent APR, and Apple pays 3 percent Daily Cash on the purchase up front, which is $35.97 on a $1,199 phone. The condition most buyers skip past is that Apple does not allow the plan on an iPhone unless…
Hobby Lobby Quietly Starts Accepting Apple Pay In Its Stores
Hobby Lobby is quietly rolling out Apple Pay support at its retail stores. The company expects to update all payment terminals by the end of the year.
X Money Officially Launches In The US With Apple Wallet Support
X Money is now available in the US for Premium users, offering deposit accounts, 6% interest, cash back, and Apple Wallet support for digital transactions.
Apple Pay Adds Four New Features To Improve Your Checkout Flow
Apple is bringing four major updates to its payment platform this year. Discover how new checkout screens and reward options will improve your purchases.
Apple Pay Now Lets You Spend American Express Rewards Points
American Express cardholders can now use their reward points to pay for everyday purchases directly through Apple Pay without leaving the checkout screen.
Apple Changes The Payment Checkout Screen In The New iOS 27 Update
Apple redesigned the checkout screen in iOS 27 so you can switch cards faster. You can swipe between payment options or view them all on a grid layout now.
Apple Pay Transit Feature Now Works In 14 Major United States Cities
Apple recently expanded its tap-to-pay transit feature to 14 U.S. cities. Learn how to use Express Mode on your phone to ride without buying paper tickets.
Apple Pay Brings Faster Transit Riding Options to Major US Cities
Apple expanded its transit payment system to major US cities. Riders can use the express mode to quickly tap their devices without unlocking them first.
Apple Rolls Out Tap To Pay On iPhone For Businesses In Malaysia
Apple launched Tap to Pay on iPhone across Malaysia. This update lets a local business accept contactless payments right on its phone to skip card readers.
Apple Pay Takes Home a Webby Award Thanks to a Lionel Messi Campaign
Apple won a Webby Award for a new Apple Pay commercial featuring Lionel Messi. The ad shows the soccer star buying a snack with his digital wallet.
Hackers Can Steal Money From Locked iPhones With Visa Cards
A recent video by the YouTube channel Veritasium exposes a flaw in Apple Pay that lets hackers steal money from locked iPhones using a Visa card and transit mode.
Apple Pay Interrupted as Well, Due to Microsoft’s Massive Outage
Microsoft’s outage is affecting other services too — directly or indirectly — including Apple Pay, because of a bad Windows security patch.