Apple Pay is now up and running in Canada, the third nation to gain access to Cupertino’s up and coming mobile payments platform.
The North American country joins the United States and United Kingdom as the only nations to benefit from the iPhone and Apple Watch-based feature.
However, adoption is unlikely to be too widespread initially as American Express is the only financial institution to offer day one support (via MacRumors).
Those AmEx cardholders north of the US border will be able to sign up by
heading to the Wallet section of their iPhone, which, pre-iOS 9, was
known as Passport.
See also: Can Apple Pay really replace your wallet?
The firm is apparently talking to Royal Bank of Canada, TD Canada Trust, Scotiabank, Bank of Montreal, CIBC, and National Bank of Canada in order to broaden availability.
According to a report from the Financial Post, AmEx customers in Australia and Singapore might be able to jump aboard before the week is out too.
Earlier on Tuesday we brought word TSB and Tesco Bank are now both supporting Apple Pay in the UK, while last week CEO Tim Cook said the firm was also working on bringing it to Ireland.
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