{"id":631425,"date":"2026-09-21T13:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/631425\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:26:10","slug":"apple-pay-reportedly-set-to-launch-in-india-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/631425\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Pay reportedly set to launch in India next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new report, Apple could launch its Apple Pay payment service in India as soon as next month. The service is currently available in more than 90 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In his latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-09-20\/apple-s-home-ai-hub-details-apple-fitness-layoffs-and-iphone-duo-apple-pencil-mu9vv9k0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Power On newsletter<\/a>, Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman claims that Apple will launch Apple Pay in India by the end of October.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789997170_439_gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Pay reportedly set to launch in India next month\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While Gurman did not provide any further details about the service, a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/apple-pay-eyes-india-rollout-with-axis-bank-sources-say-2026-09-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Reuters report<\/a> claimed that Apple will initially roll out Apple Pay in partnership with Axis Bank credit cards.<\/p>\n<p>The report also noted that Apple has been in discussions with HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank to add their credit cards to the service. An earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-26\/apple-in-talks-with-banks-to-start-payment-service-in-india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Bloomberg report<\/a> made similar claims and suggested that Apple Pay could also support UPI in India.<\/p>\n<p>India is one of the world\u2019s largest digital payments markets, with established services such as Google Pay, PhonePe, and others already widely used across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a new report, Apple could launch its Apple Pay payment service in India as soon as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-631425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}