Dutch bank ING has confirmed that Apple Pay is coming to the Netherlands ‘soon.’ The announcement was made on the company’s website.
The announcement continues …
iCulture notes that there had been several earlier clues, but also some false alarms.
ING introduces Apple Pay in the Netherlands
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The site contacted ING, but the bank said that it is not yet able to disclose the launch date.
ABN AMRO confirmed that it is in talks with Apple about Apple Pay, while other Dutch banks contacted by iCulture were more circumspect. Bunq, which supports Apple Pay in other countries, referred enquiries to Apple. Rabobank said that it is ‘constantly talking to all parties in the market to make paying even easier and safer.’
Volksbank – whose brands include SNS, ASN and RegioBank – sounded least positive about the prospects.
Apple said yesterday that the mobile wallet service should be available in 40 countries by the end of the year, which implies three more countries (though Apple mixes countries and regions, making exact counts tricky). CEO Tim Cook also revealed that Apple Pay is coming to MTA in New York in early July, as well as Ticketmaster’s website and app.
We’ll have to wait to learn which other countries are in the pipeline this year, but Apple Pay in the Netherlands certainly appears reasonably imminent.
