Apple confirms the launch of Apple Pay in Peru and Argentina

Argentina and Peru join Brazil and Colombia in the list of countries that accept Apple Pay in South America!

After a few weeks of rumors and leaks, Apple has finally confirmed through its website imminent launch of Apple Pay in Peru and Argentina. In this way, the company continues to extend its famous mobile payment service in more Latin American countries, after finalizing its arrival in Colombia and Costa Rica during the last quarter of last year.

Last week a leak obtained from the bank Interbank confirmed support for Apple Pay in Peru, by promoting the service on its website and tutorials on how to add cards. However, a few minutes later the information was no longer available. While in Argentina the confirmation has been rather a surprise for users.

Apple Pay continues its expansion of South America

In South America, Brazil was the first country to receive the service a few years ago, and the latest bank to support Apple’s own payment system is fintech Nubank. Later the expansion continued towards Colombia and finally Peru and Argentina join the list.

In Peru, so far it has been confirmed that the service will be available on Interbank bank Visa cards, and customers can take advantage of the feature with any iPhone with Touch ID or Face ID, as well as with Apple Watch Series 1 or later.

In Argentina, it has not yet been confirmed which banking entities will offer the service. What is certain is that Apple Pay will have strong competition, since it is a market with a wide range of digital payment systems, although unlike Apple Pay, they usually work through QR and not with NFC technology.

Along with these announcements still the expectation continues about the arrival of the service to Chile, where last December several banks allowed their clients, only to later disable the option without offering any explanation.

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