Dan Pražák After eight months, the second wave of support arrives Apple Pay from other domestic banks. The service is supported by Fio Banka and Raiffeisenbank as of today, making them the eighth and ninth banking houses in the Czech Republic to allow their clients to pay using their iPhone and Apple Watch.
Debit cards from Fio Banka and Raiffeisenbank can be added to the Wallet application at iOS, iPadOS, macOS a watchOS add since early morning. However, both mentioned banks officially confirmed support for the service through press releases only this morning. On the official websites of both institutions, a special section can already be found where the user can learn how to set up and use the service - the section for Fio Banka can be found here, then on the Raiffeisenbank website here.
support Apple Pay However, both banks have restrictions. Both Fio Banka and Raiffeisenbank only allow the service to be used with Master debit and credit cards.card. Fio Banka is also adding support for Maestro cards. However, Visa cards from both banks are currently not accepted for payments via Apple Pay cannot be used and it is not yet clear when clients will specifically obtain this option.
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From today it offers Apple Pay There are now nine banking institutions in the Czech Republic. Fio Banka and Raiffeisenbank join UniCredit Bank, which added support for the service in mid-July. Since February 19, when it was Apple Pay officially launched in the Czech Republic, allows you to pay through iPhone a Apple Watch also Komerční banka, Česká spořitelna, J&T Banka, AirBank, mBank and Moneta. In addition to the aforementioned, four other services also offer support, namely Twisto, Edenred, Revolut and Monese.
Also in Slovakia, where it is Apple Pay officially available from the end of June, two more banks started supporting the service starting today. Specifically, the Slovak branch of Fio Banka and the local UniCredit Bank also joined.
