Last Updated on January 19, 2022 by Ubaid Ur Rehman
Apple Pay is an E-payment gateway that lets users manage all their credit and debit card payments. To gain more market share, Apple announced that their Apple Pay will work on every iPhone 6 or plus for everyone. So, in this article, we will tell you how to use Apple Pay in Pakistan.
Apple pay is spreading across the globe and iPhone users in Pakistan can also get benefit from it.
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Benefits of Apple Pay:
Apple pay is easy to use and will work on all Apple devices including the Apple Watch series.
Users can pay online payments to any E-commerce store, app store and even on the web and these payments are secured and contactless.
You can easily send and transfer money through Apple Pay via Apple’s iMessage to anyone with an Apple pay account.
It is an easier and safe way to make payments and you don’t need to carry debit/credit card or cash.
Many vendors globally and locally accept cash from Apple, hence it is easier than ever to make payments.
With Apple pay, users can buy Apple subscription services like Apple, Apple News, Music, iCloud and arcade.
Interesting Fact: If you use a Safari browser in your iPad, iPhone and MacBook then you don’t need to create an account on Apple Pay to make transactions and payments. You can make transactions by using a Touch ID on MacBook and iPad and Face ID on the iPhone.
How to Use Apple Pay in Pakistan?
Here you will find how to Use Apple Pay in Pakistan and how many local banks support this mode of payment.
Following are the banks in Pakistan that support Apple, you have a bank account in these banks. It is mandatory.
Standard Chartered Bank (Mastercard credit and debit cards, Visa credit cards)
Citibank (Mastercard and Visa credit cards, Mastercard debit cards)
HSBC (Mastercard and Visa credit cards, Visa debit cards)
As you know the above-mentioned banks are foreign banks and in Pakistan, only these banks support Apple Pay. The process of syncing the local banks with the Apple Pay is ongoing but the timeline is not confirmed yet. On the official website, Pakistan is not listed in the region Asia-Pacific.
Use Apple Pay in Stores and Other Places:
You can use Apple pay on the stores if these symbols are mentioned there using your iPhone or Apple watch.
Users can make payments via Apple Pay in restaurants, stores, app stores, vending machines, taxi services and Food ordering services.
You have the bank account on the above-mentioned banks and your account is connected with Apple Pay.
Use Apple Pay for apps purchasing in App Store:
You can use Apple Pay to pay for the apps on the app store.
Choose ApplePay as a payment option in the App Store
Verify your details including shipping and contact credentials
If you want to pay through another card then click on Next to card
For the first time, enter all your shipping and contact details. These details will be stored in the database and you don’t need to add them every time you make payment.
Confirm the payment you made, and you will see the confirmation mark on your screen.
For iPhone and the iPad users, use Face ID for a passcode.
If you are using iPhone 6 to iPhone 8 then use Touch ID for a passcode.
Apple Watch users have to double-click on the side button for the payment confirmation.
Pay via Safari:
You can also make payments using the safari browser on your iPhone, iPad, and MacBook.
Paying through Safari on the iPhone and iPad:
When you want to pay via safari then click on ApplePay option.
Verify your details including shipping and contact credentials.
If you want to pay through another card then click on Next to the card.
For the first time, enter all your shipping and contact details. These details will be stored in the database and you don’t need to add them every time you make payment.
Confirm the payment you made, and you will see the confirmation mark on your screen.
If you are using iPhone 6 to iPhone 8 then use Touch ID for a passcode.
Apple Watch users have to double-click on the side button for the payment.
That’s it, this is the process to use Apple Pay in Pakistan and make payments. Apple Pay service will be available for the international in-sync in the first quarter of 2021. Before that, you can still use the above-mentioned steps to make payments and use Apple Pay in Pakistan.This is all the way of how to use Apple Pay in Pakistan. We hope that it will help all the Apple users and if you have any queries then let us know. We cover a lot of tech news and tips and tricks for your convenience. So if you have any queries let us know we will get to you shortly.
