BitPay Card adds Apple Pay support

Blockchain payments venture BitPay has announced that its US prepaid Mastercard users can now connect with Apple Pay for purchases.

Google and Samsung Pay integrations are also in the works.

Exciting day for U.S. based BitPay Wallet app users. You can now add your BitPay Card to Apple Pay® to make online and in-store purchases with crypto. #apple #applepay #bitpay #bitcoin #bitpaywallet #bitpaycard #crypto pic.twitter.com/xeu6vM4yEr

— BitPay (@BitPay) February 12, 2021

"We have thousands of BitPay Wallet app customers using the BitPay Card who are always looking for new places and ways to spend their crypto,” says BitPay CEO Stephen Pair.

“Adding Apple Pay and soon Google and Samsung Pay makes it easy and convenient to use the BitPay Card in more places from day to day items to luxury purchases.”

Bitpay currently allows for payments in BTC, ETH, Bitcoin Cash, and various stablecoins.

The Apple Pay move is a significant one for crypto fans looking to spend their digital currency in the real world, given Apple’s mobile payments market dominance.

Apple Pay accounts for about 5% of global card transactions and is on pace to handle one in ten such payments by 2025, according to research by Bernstein.

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