MBNA Canada has yet to comment on a timeline for its Apple Pay launch, other than to say they’re “working hard” to enable support for the mobile wallet, with no ETA to announce.
According to sources familiar with the matter, MBNA Canada is finally set to reveal an ETA for Apple Pay, with internal documents shared to employees earlier this month noting “mid-2017” as the projected timeline.
MBNA Canada’s recent boilerplate Apple Pay response on Twitter
MBNA Canada’s social media teams are set to announce the mid-2017 date soon, so keep an eye out on their Twitter feed.
The credit card portfolio of MBNA Canada was acquired by TD Canada back in the fall of 2011. Many have suspected Apple Pay support would eventually follow suit for MBNA Canada, after TD Canada launched support earlier this summer.
Currently, MBNA’s online credit card offerings total 64 various MasterCards, ranging from various themed reward, sports, college and university, financial institution, charity, personal interest and professional cards.
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LOL what a bunch of incompetent clowns. Bye bye MBNA.
Meanwhile, CIBC withdrew support of the Petro Points Mastercard. It worked on day one (I added mine) but some time between then and now they removed it. When I got a new iPhone a few weeks ago Apple Pay said it was not supported and CIBC says they “don’t know how I had added it before.”
Wow mid 2017? Good thing I already have Apple Pay on my RBC and AMEX. I don’t know why I’m holding this credit card still, think I’ll just cancel it now.
This is terrible news 🙁
I really wonder what the actual hold up is.
Then again, these are canadian banks we’re talking about.
TDs IT department should be outsourced. it is slow and incompetent.