Where Can I Use Apple Pay – 2020

Apple Pay allows Apple iPhone 6, 6s, 7, 8, 6 Plus, 6s Plus, 7 Plus, 8 Plus, SE, X, XS, XS Max, XR, 11, 11 PRO and Apple Watches to pay for good and services with a built in NFC chip. Apple Pay has made huge leaps in acceptance in 2020, and contactless and NFC payments are gaining traction in general.

Use Apple Pay when using these transit apps:

  • Caltrain San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley

  • *CTA and Pace Chicago metropolitan area

  • MBTA Boston metropolitan area

  • Metrolink Los Angeles metropolitan area

  • MTA Metro-North and Long Island railroads New York metropolitan area

  • NJ TRANSIT New Jersey and New York metropolitan area

  • RTC Las Vegas metropolitan area

  • RTD Denver metropolitan area

  • *TriMet, C-TRAN, and Portland Streetcar Portland and Vancouver metropolitan area

  • Ventra (CTA, Pace, and Metra) Chicago metropolitan area

The following colleges and universities accept Apple Pay:

  • The University of Alabama

  • Duke

  • Oklahoma University

  • Temple University

  • *Johns Hopkins University

  • *Santa Clara University


Donate by way of Apple Pay to the following nonprofits, in addition to others:

  • American Red Cross

  • Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

  • Chron’s & Colitis Foundation

  • Global Giving

  • RED

  • Jude Children’s Research Hospital

  • Save the Children

If you’d like to learn more about how to use Apple and Google pay click the link here!

Naturally, these apps that come standard on an iPhone accept Apple Pay:

  • Apple Music

  • Apple News+

  • App Store

  • Books

  • iCloud

  • iTunes Store