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Barclaycard finally joins the Apple Pay party

Nine months later, Barclaycard customers can tap to pay for their Kinder eggs

Esat Dedezade

Barclaycard was notably absent amongst the roster of major UK cards which committed to Apple Pay when it launched last July, but now Barclays has finally announced its support for Apple’s tap-to-pay service.

Until now, Barclay’s insisted on going it alone, with a series of stickers, keyring fobs and (in our opinion, ugly) plastic wristbands for customers to use for wireless payments. It was a bit of a convoluted solution, which is why we imagine that iThing-toting Barclay’s customers will be happy with this latest news.

The company already has its own Android app which lets users make contactless payments, which is the next best thing for UK Android owners ahead of Google Pay’s release at some point this year – a service which Barclaycard will presumably support at launch,

Back to the present however – Apple Pay currently works with the iPhone SE, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus, along with the Apple Watch, at over 400,000 locations in the UK, and all Barclaycard payments should work from today. Happy tapping.

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Esat has been a gadget fan ever since his tiny four-year-old brain was captivated by a sound-activated dancing sunflower. From there it was a natural progression to a Sega Mega Drive, a brief obsession with hedgehogs, and a love for all things tech. After 7 years as a writer and deputy editor for Stuff, Esat ventured out into the corporate world, spending three years as Editor of Microsoft's European News Centre. Now a freelance writer, his appetite for shiny gadgets has no bounds. Oh, and like all good human beings, he's very fond of cats.