AppleInsider Staff
Apple on Tuesday confirmed company-owned Domino's pizza outlets will be accepting Apple Pay by the end of 2015, while Cinnabon plans to integrate the mobile payments solution in its stores in 2016.
Apple informed the Associated Press of Domino's and Cinnabon's Apple Pay plans hours after the service launched in Canada, the third region to roll out support after a U.S. introduction last year. Banks and retailers in the UK partnered with Apple to launch Apple Pay in July.
Adding color to today's Canadian launch, Apple's vice president for Apple Pay, Jennifer Bailey, said services are initially limited to American Express because the institution is both the card issuer and payment network operator. Apple is partnering with American Express to debut Apple Pay in Australia for the same reasons. Visa and MasterCard support is expected to follow in the coming months as credit cards from those companies are currently accepted in active Apple Pay markets.
Aside from Domino's and Cinnabon, a number of retail and restaurant chains are looking to integrate with Apple's service. One of the largest corporations on deck is Starbucks, which will launch a pilot program at select locations before the year is out. KFC and Chili's are also planning to partner with Apple in 2016.
Apple is eyeing market expansion into Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain sometime in 2016.
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11 Comments
Wow, such massive news. Really, a naff pizza chain and a sugar-purveyor accept a new means of payment, and it's worth an article?
[quote name="Hattig" url="/t/190239/apple-pay-coming-to-dominos-by-years-end-cinnabon-in-2016#post_2807852"]Wow, such massive news. Really, a naff pizza chain and a sugar-purveyor accept a new means of payment, and it's worth an article?[/quote] And how does that work when you order your Domino's pizza over the phone? Do you have to point your iPhone at the delivery man when he arrives at your home?
They just need to hurry up and bring in the major banks in Canada. People here have been eating a very long time for this.
What's wrong with you man? No you don't point it at the delivery guy. Duh. You have to tap the guy (gently) on the head with it.
Wow, such massive news.
Really, a naff pizza chain and a sugar-purveyor accept a new means of payment, and it's worth an article?
Yes, it’s worth an article because the list of retailers accepting Apple Pay and NFC in general is very small. While we hear of hundreds of banks and credit unions and credit card issuers coming on board the retailers are not. We will be carrying our bulky credit cards for years to come. Of the retailers my family regularly visits only a couple support Apple Pay. Macy’s for example accepts Apple Pay but you often get a bigger discount by using your Macy’s store credit card (like 15%) and that card is not Apple Pay compatible yet. Some major retailers are doubling down on other schemes like PayPal or the CurrentC fiasco.