Following months of speculation Apple Inc. has finally confirmed that Apple Pay will come to China in early 2016 through a partnership with UnionPay. Apple has long been seeking to tap the payments market, which is currently dominated by wallet systems from Alibaba and Tencent.
“China is an extremely important market for Apple and with China UnionPay and support from 15 of China’s leading banks, users will soon have a convenient, private and secure payment experience,” said Eddy Cue, senior vice president of Internet Software and Services at Apple in a public post.
The company said the service would be available “as soon as early 2016” pending “tests and certification required by Chinese regulators.”
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