PayByPhone launches Apple Pay for Vancouver drivers

Canada-based PayByPhone has enabled Apple Pay for drivers in Vancouver, where the parking payment provider keeps its headquarters.

Drivers can select Apple Pay within the PayByPhone app for on-street parking within the city, with additional locations and parking lots coming soon, PayByPhone said in a Feb. 21 press release.

“We always look for ways to improve the user experience and adding Apple Pay simply extends that sentiment,” said Kush Parikh, PayByPhone’s president and CEO, in the release.

PayByPhone, which launched in 2001, is available in 300 cities globally with its biggest installation in Paris, where it operates 155,000 parking spaces, according to the company.

Volkswagen Financial Services acquired PayByPhone late last year for an undisclosed sum. It was the second parking app company the automaker purchased within the last two years.

Apple pay sticker — A sign for the launch of the Apple pay system, from Apple.Inc is seen displayed at the entrance to a McDonald's Corp. restaurant in London, U.K., on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Apple Inc. is making the U.K. the first market outside the U.S. for its digital-wallet system as the company fights for a place in the electronic-payments industry. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Kate Fitzgerald

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