Apple Pay India Could Launch in October With Visa and Mastercard

Apple Pay is expected to launch in India by October supporting Visa and Mastercard, but will likely lack integration with the country's dominant Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system at launch, limiting its initial competitiveness.

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