When Apple Pay was launched in this country in 2018, the savings banks were very suspicious and cautious about the mobile payment method for iPhones and the like. But since the company started participating at the end of 2019, everything has changed. Girocard support is now expected.
Both the savings banks and Apple itself have promised to support the Girocard for Apple Pay, although only 2020 was given as the launch date. While some expected the debut to be at the end of the year, it is expected to start in the summer. is called it at the Sparkasse:
Sparkasse: The first with Girocard support for Apple Pay
The most popular card in Germany – the Girocard – will be usable with Apple Pay this summer. With Apple Pay and your Sparkasse card (debit card), you can pay contactless and on the go at hundreds of thousands of terminals in shops in Germany.
The credit institution will be the first to make the Girocard compatible with Apple Pay in addition to credit cards. The requirements for using this option include:
- An Apple Pay-enabled device
- An Apple ID
- The Sparkasse app (latest version)
- A Sparkasse account with a Sparkasse card (debit card)
- Activation for online banking (using the electronic mailbox and pushTAN or chipTAN procedure)
It is not currently known when exactly the launch will take place. However, it should be ready by the end of August. So interested parties will have to be patient a little longer. (Image: Finanz Informatik / Sparkasse)
