Apple is said to have partnered AmEx (American Express) so as to speed up the launch of the service in the country.
In addition to Canada, Apple’s partnership with AmEx is expected to bring about the launch of Apple Pay in Australia later in 2015 and Hong Kong and Singapore in 2016.
Earlier this month, Apple updated its Apple Pay participating issuers list with 54 additional financial institutions supporting the contactless payments service in the US.
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