The
Apple Pay mobile payment system will be available in
Taiwan soon,
Apple an**unced on its regional website today.
A total of seven banks, including Cathay United Bank, CTBC Bank, E. Sun Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank, Taishin International Bank and Union Bank of Taiwan, will join
Apple to launch the mobile payment service initially,
Apple said.
Taiwan becomes the 14th region to gain access to
Apple Pay, following the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, China, France, Russia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Spain, Singapore and Japan.
During Apple's 2017
first quarter earnings call, CEO
Tim Cook said
Apple Pay was "setting records", with transaction volume up over 500 percent year over year.
Apple Pay on the web is also seeing great results, said Cook, with nearly two million small businesses **w accepting the payment system online.
(via
DigiTimes.)
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