Apple looking to vastly expand Apple Pay coverage, aims to be in more than half of retail locations this year

Over the last few months we’ve seen the results of Apple’s efforts to increase the availability of Apple Pay as a payment method. They added almost sixty new banks to the list of partners just in August and September and included big store chains like Costco and 7-Eleven to the list of places where you can pay with your phone.

We should expect even more additions to the Apple Pay club, according to Jennifer Bailey, Apple VP of internet services and Apple Pay. She talked about the company’s strategy regarding Apple Pay during an interview and said that their goal for 2018 is to have ...