Prompted by Pandemic Fears, Last of Australia’s Big Four Banks Ends Apple Pay Holdout

By:

Dan Balaban

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Citing the increased demand for cashless payments because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Westpac today became the last of Australia’s big four banks to adopt Apple Pay, ending a four-year holdout that had lasted months, even years longer than its major rivals.

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