Release dates Date Support for payment cards issued in September 11, 2015 United States May 18, 2016 United Kingdom[35] June 27, 2016 Singapore[36] July 13, 2016 Australia[37] October 20, 2016 Hong Kong[38][39] November 17, 2016 Poland[40] December 1, 2016 New Zealand[41] December 7, 2016 Ireland[42] December 13, 2016 Japan[43] March 7, 2017 Belgium[44] May 23, 2017 Russia[45][46] May 31, 2017 Canada[47] June 1, 2017 Taiwan[48] July 26, 2017 Spain[49] November 1, 2017 Ukraine[50] November 14, 2017 Brazil[51] Czech Republic[52] February 28, 2018 Slovakia[53][54] June 26, 2018 Germany[55][56] July 31, 2018 Croatia[57][58][59] August 28, 2018 India[26] (UPI based, previously known as Tez release date August 17, 2017) September 19, 2018 Italy[60][61][62][63] October 30, 2018 Denmark[64] Finland[64] Norway[64] Sweden[64] November 14, 2018 United Arab Emirates[65] November 27, 2018 Chile[66] December 11, 2018 France[67] April 30, 2019 Switzerland[68][69] 2020 [Expected] Belarus [70] [71]