Apple Pay will soon support transactions made on KFC, Starbucks and Best Buy. (Photo : Reuters)
Apple Pay is expanding its coverage and adds several new retailers. Starbucks and KFC is among the new retailers that will soon accept Apple Pay transactions.
Apple vice president Jennifer Bailey said on Oct. 8 that Best Buy and Chili's will roll out Apple Pay support. According to Recode, Bailey announced the news during the Code/Mobile conference and said, "[KFC] has a special place in my heart - it was my first job ever. We're seeing a lot of support for quick-service restaurants with a need for fast payment."
Bailey added that Apple Pay will expand its service in order to support merchant loyalty and reward programs.
According to USA Today, more than 1,400 Best Buy outlets has already rolled out support for Apple Pay. On the other hand, Chili's and KFC will support the mobile payment system next spring.
Starbuck has already rolled out a pilot program on selected stores and the company said that Apple Pay will be available on all of its 7,500 stores by 2016.
Apple Pay's latest expansion is still part of the company's plan to dominate the mobile payment service industry. In September, tech giant Google released its own service called Android Pay. Just like Apple Pay, Android Pay uses near-field communications to process mobile payments.
South Korean tech company Samsung has its own take on the mobile payment industry. Its own service called Samsung Pay is already making rounds on some stores that do not accept either Apple Pay or Android Pay.
Recent survey shows that at least 22.6 million people uses mobile payment services such as Apple Pay. Experts said that the service will reach more than 57 million users in 2018.
