Apple Pay entered China on the early morning of the 18th

Beijing Business News (Reporter Yan Wei) Two months after Apple's payment and China UnionPay officially announced cooperation, Apple Payment will officially land in China. Yesterday, there was a message from the bank WeChat public account that Apple Pay and China UnionPay jointly confirmed that the Apple Pay business will be officially launched at 5 am on February 18. If you can't load the card, please try again later. The iPhone/iPad system needs iOS 9.2 or above, and Apple Watch OS 2.1 or above can be used.


On December 18 last year, Apple and China UnionPay officially announced cooperation. UnionPay cardholders will use the iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad to pay through the UnionPay cloud flash payment technology. Currently in Apple's official website, financial institutions that support Apple's payment include Industrial and Commercial Bank, Bank of China, Agricultural Bank, China Construction Bank, Bank of Beijing, Bank of Communications, Guangzhou Bank, Bank of Ningbo, Bank of Shanghai, China CITIC Bank, China Everbright Bank, Guangfa Bank, and China Merchants Bank. Bank, Minsheng Bank, Hua Xia Bank, Industrial Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Ping An Bank and Postal Savings Bank. At the same time, many of the text messages sent by commercial banks to customers have already announced that they have become Apple's payment support banks.

Apple Pay is currently used in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.