A Half of February, we inform you of the next country where Apple Pay was about to land: Israel. However, it appears that, once again, the indications pointing to an imminent launch were not confirmed. The latest news related to the launch of Apple Pay points to the month of May.
According to Calcalist, Apple plans to launch Apple Pay in Israel during the first week of May. This medium states that all the necessary infrastructure for the launch of Apple Pay in this country is already prepared and ready to go into operation.
The reason for the delay in the launch of Apple Pay in Israel is due to the contraction of the economy in the country due to the coronavirus in addition to the fact that the number of businesses that had not yet considered adopting Apple Pay was very high.
Calcalist states that the number of banks that have agreed to offer Apple Pay to their customers is very high, so at the time of its launch, it will not do so exclusively in a bank, but will be available through most of financial entities of the country.
The iPhone share in Israel is 20%, a share that, although not very high, is likely to increase in the coming months when Apple Pay begins to become a common payment method in the country. Today, the wireless payments technology that Apple introduced in 2014 is available in more than 50 countries around the world.
The last country to adopt Apple Pay is South Africa, although at the moment it is only available through Discovery, Nedbank and Absa. At the moment we are still waiting for Apple to pronounce on the launch in more Spanish-speaking countries, apart from Spain and Mexico, but at the moment there is no rumor about it.