Tap to Pay on iPhone — image credit: Apple
The slow rollout of Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone continues with it now becoming available in EU countries ranging from Bulgaria to Switzerland.
Apple’s feature, where merchants can take payments on their iPhone without extra hardware like separate card readers, was introduced to the US in May 2022. It then slowly became available outside the States, coming to the UK and France in 2023, then Japan in May 2024, and five EU countries in October 2024.
Apple has now announced that the feature will be available in nine more European countries. The new countries, and their banks or payment platforms that will support Tap to Pay on iPhone are:
- Bulgaria: Adyen, myPOS, Revolut, and Viva; SumUp coming soon
- Finland: Adyen, Mollie, Nets, Revolut, Stripe, SumUp and Viva; Surfboard Payments coming soon
- Hungary: Adyen, Global Payments, myPOS, Revolut, SumUp, Viva, and Worldline
- Liechtenstein: Adyen
- Poland: Adyen, eService with PKO Bank, Mollie, Stripe, SumUp, Viva, and Worldline; Planet Pay, Revolut, and PeP (part of Nexi) coming soon
- Portugal: Adyen, Mollie, myPOS, Revolut, Stripe, SumUp, and Viva
- Slovakia: Adyen, Global Payments Slovensk Sporitea, Revolut, and Worldline; SumUp coming soon
- Slovenia: Adyen, Revolut, and Worldline; SumUp and hobex coming soon
- Switzerland: Adyen, Mollie, myPOS, Nexi, Stripe, SumUp, and Worldline; hobex coming soon
Whichever country-specific banks or payment platforms are involved, Tap to Pay on iPhone users will be able to use contact and debit cards from providers such as Visa and Mastercard.
“As more and more consumers are tapping to pay with digital wallets and credit cards,” Jennifer Bailey, Apple’s vice president of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet, said at the 2022 launch in the US, “Tap to Pay on iPhone will provide businesses with a secure, private, and easy way to accept contactless payments and unlock new checkout experiences using the power, security, and convenience of iPhone.”
Apple says that the feature is available starting today. Based on previous launches, it’s likely that Tap to Pay on iPhone will take some weeks to fully roll out to all of these countries and providers.
