Apple Pay goes live in India, launching with Axis Bank’s credit and debit cards

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1. [1] Goonj Thakkar · @goonjthakkar · 07:00

   Apple Pay is officially LIVE in India! 🇮🇳 Starting with Axis Bank, your iPhone is now your credit and debit card. No physical card needed—just double-click, Face ID, and tap at any POS machine. Here is everything you need to know about setting it up in under 30 seconds 🧵👇

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2. [2] Techgaze · @indiantechgaze · 07:00

   Apple Pay is finally making its way to India! 🇮🇳 With Axis Bank as its first partner, iPhone users can now look forward to contactless payments and a smoother checkout experience. The big question is: How will Apple Pay compete in a market already dominated by UPI? #ApplePay

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3. [7] Shraddha Mishra · @shraddham008 · 06:59

   • **Axis Bank × Apple Pay** 📱💳 • Tie-up aims to make Axis Bank cards a **preferred payment choice**. • CEO Amitabh Chaudhry highlights the focus on digital & contactless payments. 🚀 #AxisBank #ApplePay #DigitalPayments #Banking

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4. [24] The Cloaked Gaze 👀 · @gaze_observer · 06:56

   Apple Opens Payment Service in India: Apple Pay Launches With Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard Credit Cards After a Decade-Long Wait The Launch After a decade-long wait, Apple launched its contactless payments service Apple Pay in India on Wednesday It initially supports Axis Bank credit cards issued on the Visa and Mastercard networks, as credit card spending continues to grow rapidly What Made It Possible Jennifer Bailey, Apple's vice-president of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet, said the company needed the right regulatory framework, payments infrastructure and banking partners before launching in India "A particularly important development was RBI's move to support biometric authentication for card payments," enabling customers to authenticate Apple Pay transactions using Face ID or Touch ID RBI first proposed an authentication mechanism beyond one-time passwords in its Payments Vision 2025 document in June 2022 Final directions were issued in September last year and became fully effective across the ecosystem in April Merchant and Platform Support Merchants and online platforms have begun to add Apple Pay support Apps such as Zomato, Blinkit and Tata 1mg, as well as payment platforms Razorpay, PineLabs and PayU, have added Apple Pay as a payment option Banking Partner's View "We are at a significant inflection point in payments, where technology, security and changing customer expectations are reshaping how people transact," said Amitabh Chaudhry, MD and CEO, Axis Bank NFC and Security The launch gives iPhone users access to Near Field Communication (NFC)-based contactless card payments, a facility already available on Android devices through services such as Samsung Wallet and Google Pay, as well as other payment apps that support NFC It remains to be seen whether Apple's move will also enable other payment apps to use the iPhone's NFC capabilities for contactless payments Apple Pay requires users to authenticate transactions using Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode It does not save actual credit card numbers, nor do merchants access this information as part of a payment Core Theme Apple has finally brought Apple Pay to India, starting with Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard credit cards and enabled by RBI's biometric authentication rules, bringing NFC contactless payments to iPhone users with Face ID or Touch ID security and no storage of card numbers, with early merchant support from Zomato, Blinkit, Tata 1mg, Razorpay, PineLabs and PayU, while questions remain on whether other payment apps will get access to the iPhone's NFC capabilities.

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5. [26] Pranay Bathini · @pranay_bathini · 06:56

   So, Apple pay got launched only for axis bank credit cards on visa and master card and other bank integrations are yet to go live

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