The public has been concerning when Apple Pay comes to China. Guangdong Development Bank and China Construction Bank announced that Apple Pay will be debuted at 5am on Feb. 18.

These two banks are the first ones to announce the support of Apple Pay among 19 banks. Apple added other four banks into the cooperation besides 15 banks it confirmed before.

Apple Pay was introduced to American market in October, 2014 as Apple’ mobile payment app. It was introduced to UK in July, 2015, Australia in November, 2015. China is the fifth country that supports Apple Pay. In addition, Apple announced that it will introduce Apple Pay to Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain later this year.

Apple confirmed in last December that Apple Pay would be debuted in mainland China in 2016 with the cooperation of China Union Pay. It did not announce the exactly release then.

According to the online reveals, Minsheng Bank started training work for Apple Pay in last year and confirmed it to be debuted in Feburary. With Apple Pay, consumers can load the debit card or credit card on iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad. Consumers can avail of Apple Pay to pay offline on POS or online App store.

There were two videos posted on YouTube showing how to use Apple Pay. It requires Touch ID verification for using Union Pay card to pay. We will see how it works in mainland market.