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 certain Apple affiliates, as designated by the Apple Pay privacy notice. Neither Apple Inc. nor its affiliates are a bank. Any card used in Apple Pay is offered by the card issuer.

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