Apple Pay Coming to India in October 2026
Apple plans to launch Apple Pay in India by October 2026 and has requested regulatory approvals. The company is in talks with Axis Bank, HDFC and ICICI; the service uses NFC and card tokenization, bypassing the UPI interface.
- Apple Pay India launch planned for October 2026
- Talks underway with Axis Bank, HDFC and ICICI; Axis may be first partner
- Payments use NFC and card tokenization, without the UPI interface
- Service will work on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac
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