iPhone users in Korea claim to have registered Apple Pay

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Published: 06 Oct. 2022, 10:54

iPhone users in Korea claim to have registered Apple Pay

An Apple store in Yeouido, western Seoul. [YONHAP]

iPhone users in Korea took to online forums Thursday morning to report that they have managed to register Apple Pay on their phones.

Users on online forums uploaded screenshots showing that they had successfully registered their Hyundai credit cards to their iPhones, saying that they were shown a terms of service before completing the registration that stated the Apple Pay service is provided to users by Hyundai Card.

A screenshot image uploaded to an online forum by an iPhone user after registering their Hyundai credit card. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Users who claim that they registered their cards on their iPhones say the full Apple Pay service will be available starting Nov. 30.

Apple Pay has notoriously been unavailable in Korea, with rumors circulating earlier this year that Hyundai Card was working to launch the service with Apple.

Hyundai Card said that they were unavailable for an official comment at this point on Thursday.

BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]