About limits when using Apple Pay in stores
In some countries and regions, if your transaction exceeds a certain amount when paying in stores with Apple Pay, you might need to enter your PIN. In some cases, you might need to sign a receipt or use a different payment method.
Merchants and card issuers set limits for some transactions. Here are the transaction limits for contactless payments in stores, including Apple Pay:
Africa
Morocco
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 400 MAD.
South Africa
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 500 ZAR.
Asia-Pacific
Australia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 200 AUD.
China mainland
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases.
Hong Kong
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 500 HKD.
Japan
At some stores, you might not be able to use Apple Pay, or you might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 15,000 Yen.
Macao
You might need to sign a receipt or enter your PIN for purchases.
Malaysia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over RM250.
New Zealand
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 200 NZD.
Singapore
You might need to sign a receipt or enter your PIN. At some stores, you might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 200 SGD.
South Korea
You might need to provide a signature for purchases over 50,000 KRW.
Taiwan
You might need to provide a signature for purchases over 1000 NTD.
Vietnam
You might need to sign a receipt or enter your PIN for transactions above 1M VND.
Europe
Armenia
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 20,000 AMD.
Austria
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 25 EUR.
Azerbaijan
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 80 AZN.
Belarus
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 120 BYN (Visa) or 100 BYN (Mastercard).
Bulgaria
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 100 BGN.
Croatia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over HRK100.
Cyprus
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 50 EUR.
Czechia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 500CZK.
Denmark
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 350 DKK.
Estonia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 50 EUR.
Finland
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 50 EUR.
France
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 50 EUR.
Georgia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 160 GEL (Visa) or 100 GEL (Mastercard).
Germany
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 25 EUR (Visa) or 50 EUR (Mastercard).
Greece
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 50 EUR.
Hungary
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 15000 HUF.
Iceland
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 7500 ISK.
Ireland
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 50 EUR.
Italy
You might need to sign a receipt or enter your PIN for purchases over 25 EUR.
Kazakhstan
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 25000 KZT (Visa) or 20000 KZT (Mastercard).
Latvia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 50 EUR.
Liechtenstein
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over CHF40.
Lithuania
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 50 EUR.
Luxembourg
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 25 EUR (Visa) or 50 EUR (Mastercard).
Malta
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 50 EUR.
Moldova
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 1000 Leu.
Montenegro
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 25 EUR.
Netherlands
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 50 EUR.
Norway
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 400 NOK (Visa) or 500 NOK (Mastercard).
Poland
You might need to enter your PIN for purchase over 100 EUR.
Portugal
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 50 EUR.
Romania
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 100 RON.
Serbia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 4000 RSD.
Slovakia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 20 EUR.
Slovenia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 15 EUR.
Spain
You might need to enter a PIN for purchases over 20 EUR (Visa) or 50 EUR (Mastercard).
Sweden
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 400 SEK.
Switzerland
You might need to sign a receipt or enter your PIN for purchases over 80 CHF.
Ukraine
You might need to sign a receipt or enter your PIN for purchases over 15000 UAH (Visa) or 1000 UAH (Mastercard).
United Kingdom
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 100 GBP.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 8000 ARS.
Brazil
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 50 BRL.
Colombia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 95,000 COP.
Costa Rica
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 30,000 CRC.
Dominican Republic
You might need to provide a signature for purchases over 50 DOP.
Ecuador
You might need to sign a receipt for purchases.
Mexico
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 1000 MXN.
Peru
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 150 PEN.
Middle East
Bahrain
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 50 BHD.
Israel
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 300 ILS.
Jordan
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 150 JOD.
Kuwait
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 25 KWD.
Oman
You might need to enter a PIN for purchases over 40 Rials.
Palestine
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 75 USD/ILS.
Qatar
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 300 QAR.
Saudi Arabia
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 300 SAR.
United Arab Emirates
You might need to enter your PIN for purchases over 100 AED.
North America
Canada
You might not be able to use Apple Pay for purchases over 250 CAD.
United States
You might need to provide a signature for purchases over 50 USD.
Apple Pay is a service provided by Apple Payments Services LLC, a subsidiary of Apple Inc. Neither Apple Inc. nor Apple Payments Services LLC is a bank. Any card used in Apple Pay is offered by the card issuer.
