Tap to Pay: In these countries, the iPhone now serves as a paid terminal

The iPhone manufacturer has significantly expanded the availability of its TAP-to-Pay function, with which the Apple cell phone becomes a card terminal. Have been since last week Another eight European countries included. The service enables you to read credit and debit cards for payments with NFC-capable iPhone models from the X from 2017 without further equipment. However, a contract with a payment service provider must be concluded.

These new countries receive Tap to Pay

The NFC payment service in Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Malta and Iceland can be used in the future. In most regions – with the exception of Greece – Adyen can be used as a service provider. Other providers depending on the region are Mollie, Revolut, Stripe, Sumup, Viva, Rapyd, Global Payments, Surfboard, WorldLine, Axepta, Pay.nl and Mypos. Teya (Iceland) and PayPal (only Denmark) will also be supported soon.

The offer is aimed at dealers who only want to offer credit card payments on site with an iPhone. Apple Pay and other digital wallets based on NFC are also supported. The tariffs are different – you should find out more for your country. Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover are supported on cards. Bancontact (via Axepta and Viva) is added in Belgium, in Denmark thanksgiving (via Nexi and surfboard).

Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Apple emphasizes that Tap to Pay “uses the same safety procedures as Apple Pay”. Apple itself does not know what is bought and who does this. The group has details on the use of tap to pay for German dealers On your own website compiled. The list of all supported countries with the respective payment provider can be found here – together with any existing SDKs.

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Tap to Pay is already offered, the same applies to Poland, the Netherlands, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. With us, the direct money transfer from iPhone to iPhone for private individuals is not possible. The so -called Apple Cash continues only offered in the USA.