PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Apple Pay’s Latest Move

Apple Pay is officially in play in another country: Switzerland.

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    For Apple, this is the first country in Europe outside of the U.K. to start accepting Apple Pay as a payment method. Currently, the service is available in the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, China and Singapore.

    As for the latest figures that have been shared about how Apple Pay’s growth is coming along, we’ve gathered them in today’s Daily Data Dive 5-in-1.

    $10.9 Billion | Apple Pay’s usage volume in 2015, according to a Reuters report

    100,000+ | The number of contactless payment terminals in Switzerland

    23.8 Percent | Percentage of consumers who could use Apple Pay that actually did in June, according to PYMNTS’ research

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    21 Months | The number of months since Apple Pay first launched in the U.S.

    7 | The number of countries where Apple Pay is available