Visa Supports Chinese Cardholders to Add Cards to Apple Pay for a More Convenient and Secure Payment Experience

SINGAPORE, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Visa, a world leader in digital payments, announced its support for Chinese Visa cardholders to pay with Apple Pay. Together with Apple, Visa will enable Chinese cardholders to add Visa cards[1] from participating banks to Apple Pay and make payments at overseas Visa-accepting merchants, in-store, in-app and online. Today, 79 percent[2] of in-person transactions globally are made contactlessly with NFC.Yin Xiaolong, General Manager at Visa Mainland China, said ...