{"id":95673,"date":"2019-06-26T03:51:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T03:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/06\/25\/apple-pay-launches-in-portugal-and-slovakia"},"modified":"2019-06-26T03:51:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T03:51:44","slug":"apple-pay-launches-in-portugal-and-slovakia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/26\/apple-pay-launches-in-portugal-and-slovakia\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Pay launches in Portugal and Slovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By AppleInsider Staff <\/a>
Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 08:51 pm PT (11:51 pm ET)<\/span> <\/p>\n

Apple on Wednesday began rolling out Apple Pay services in Portugal and Slovakia with financial backing from a number of large European banks including Monese and N26.
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“Get Started with Apple Pay” App Store section shows up for users in Slovakia. | Source: Jezs\u00f3 Mikl\u00f3s via<\/a> Twitter<\/span><\/div>\n

While Apple has yet to confirm official availability, users in Portugal<\/a> and Slovakia<\/a> posted screenshots of the Apple Pay setup process to social media outlets. Others shared news of a special “Get Started with Apple Pay” section that appeared at the top of the Today page in regional App Stores early Wednesday. <\/p>\n

The rollout in Slovakia is supported by a mix of local and mobile banks<\/a> including Boon, Edenred, J&T Banka, Monese, N26, Revolut, Slovenska sporitelna, Tatra banka and mBank. In Portugal, Apple Pay is available only to users of larger banking services Monese, N26 and Revolut.<\/p>\n

German online bank N26 was first to announce integration with Apple’s service in March<\/a>, promising at the time to deliver Apple Pay to Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia. UK-based mobile bank Monese followed suit in May<\/a>, saying the integration will deliver Apple Pay to 13 new European markets including the Portugal and Slovakia. <\/p>\n

Most recently, UK financial technology firm Revolut partnered with Apple at the end of May<\/a>. Today’s rollout marks the first expansion to Revolut’s Apple Pay integration, which launched in France, Poland and the UK.<\/p>\n

Apple is expected to update its regional Portugal and Slovakia websites with a dedicated webpage informing users about the service and where to use it. <\/p>\n

Today’s Apple Pay rollout confirms in part reports over the weekend that claimed the payments solution would be made available<\/a> to users in Greece, Portugal and Slovakia on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

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