Apple Pay is finally available for Barclays bank customers
LONDON -- Months after Apple Pay first landed in the UK, Barclays has finally caught up with the rest of the British banking pack.
Barclays and Barclaycard customers can use the service with their iPhones and Apple Watches at pay points that accept it from Tuesday across the UK.
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Natwest, Nationwide, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Ulster customers have been able to use Apple Pay since its launch in July, while HSBC, First Direct and Lloyds joined later.
"With Barclaycard and Barclays bringing Apple Pay to our customers, we can now offer the widest choice of ways to make and take payments in a way that’s most convenient for them,” Amer Sajed, Interim CEO of Barclaycard, said in a statement about the launch.
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In the UK, Apple Pay is accepted by a variety of businesses, from high street shops to cafes and supermarkets, as well as on the London Underground.
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Blathnaid Healy is the UK Editor at Mashable. She joined the company in October 2014 and is based in the London office. Before Mashable, Blathnaid was Content Manager and COO of WorldIrish, a startup focused on the Irish diaspora. She spent almost five years working at Ireland’s largest media company RTE as a multimedia journalist where she also set up the broadcaster’s first dedicated social media team and project managed output for several high-profile events across web, mobile and social media. Blathnaid has reported from the US, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Romania and, of course, Ireland. And in case you’re wondering, it’s pronounced Blan-id.
