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Apple Pay Launched in the UK and Everyone is Angry at Their Banks Again

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LONDON — Apple Pay launched in the UK Tuesday, and thousands of people shot out to sandwich shops to spend money using their phones and watches in the future we’d always dreamed of. There was one small problem though: Not all the banks were working with the payment service.

NatWest, Nationwide, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Ulster are all integrated with Apple Pay from launch, but HSBC and First Direct won’t work until later in July and Lloyds Bank, TSB, Bank of Scotland and Halifax won’t offer the service until the autumn.

Cue a lot of pissed off people.

For anyone who managed to use Apple Pay Tuesday morning, the future looked bright.

The idea of spending money in Costa with a phone was so revolutionary it made people “so happy.”

For HSBC’s 16 million customers in the UK, however, things weren’t so rosy. They were supposed to be a launch partner, but aren’t offering the service yet.

Their social media team had a busy morning.

First Direct, which is part of HSBC, was also riling people up.

Lloyds Bank, who aren’t integrating Apple Pay until the autumn, also didn’t escape unscathed.

Neither did TSB.

Nor did Bank of Scotland.

Even people with multiple bank accounts found themselves unable to use Apple Pay and pissed.

Some people even decided to move banks so they could get on the Apple Pay train.

Source: Mashable Tech Apple Pay has launched in the UK and everyone is angry at their banks again