2016-01-27 15:55
Technology
Alex Lowe

Barclays will support Apple Pay in the UK by April

Barclays will support Apple Pay in the UK by April

Back in July last year when Apple Pay made it over to the UK initially most of the major UK banks and credit unions signed up for the service apart from Barclays, as of writing a total of 15 banks or credit card companies in the UK now support Apple Pay, including Lloyds Bank, M&S Bank, TSB and Halifax. In July, Barclays initially stated that they wont be accepting Apple Pay and have something else they were working on, this was true having since relaunched bPay and a NFC based payment service on Android. But later last year the bank finally annoyed that they would be accepting Apple Pay in ‘early 2016.”

So in a few months, in April Barclays customers will be able to add their debit cards to iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and Apple Watch later this year. The news came from a member of staff from Barclays where a customer emailed in.

“We will launch Apple Pay, as committed, within the next 60 to 75 days”

Apple Pay

In the UK we currently have the following banks supporting Apple Pay;

  • First Direct
  • M&S Bank
  • Bank of Scotland
  • Lloyds Bank
  • MBNA
  • Nationwide
  • NatWest
  • Royal Bank of Scotland
  • Santander
  • Tesco Bank
  • TSB
  • Ulster Bank

Also, only a few stores and retailers in the UK actually offer the service, Costa Coffee, M&S and Waitrose to name a few.

Do you use Apple Pay? Let us know in the comments

Alex Lowe

Barclays will support Apple Pay in the UK by April

Alex Lowe is the owner and editor of the interface and started the website in 2013. He publishes the majority of the content on the website, hosts the three podcasts and the runs the YouTube channels. Alex has a professional background in computer networking, FWA and WiFi.

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