Apple Pay launches in Germany, rolls out with ample financial, retail support

The rumors were true.
Apple Pay launched in Germany on Tuesday, complete with the support of 15 banks and credit card firms for its initial rollout within the country.
Six more will follow in 2019.

The partners are as follows:
American Express
Maestro
Mastercard
Boon
Bunq
Comdirect
Deutsche Bank
Fidor Bank
Hanseatic Bank
HypoVereinsbank
N26
02 Banking
Edenred
Vim Pay
The service will be extended to Consors Bank, Consors Finanz, Crosscard, Deutsche Kredit Bank, Fleetmoney, ING, Revolut, Sodexo, and Viabuy in 2019.
Major German retailers and venues within the country include supermarket chains Aldi and Lidl, clothes shops H&M and Zara and travel provider BVG. US brands such as McDonalds and Starbucks also accepted it from launch. German Soccer giants FV Bayern Munich signed up for Apple Pay too, as did the Allianz Arena, the team’s home stadium. Apple Pay has also linked to iOS apps such as taxi.eu Taxi Deutschland and Hotels.com.
The launch brings the number of countries supporting Apple Pay up to 33.
Via The Mac Observer