How to Link Your FAB Account to Apple Pay

Digital banking is rapidly increasing in the UAE. Users prefer a quick and easy method. Apple Pay is one of them that makes the payment process easy.

Users do not need to save the card number on the device. Thousands of stores and restaurants accept cashless payments. The process of payment is done within a few seconds through Apple Watch or iPhone. 

Prerequisites

You must have an active debit or credit card

Your iPhone or Apple Watch is working on the latest watchOS or iOS

Install the latest version Wallet app

The mobile number and email for receiving OTP

The card should not be blocked by FAB 

Step-by-Step Guide to Connect Your Card to Your iPhone & Apple Watch

Open your Wallet app

Select the Add Card option

Choose Add credit or Debit card

Type your card’s correct information

Write CVV code

Wait for OTP and verify it

Your card is active in Wallet

Method to connect your card to Apple Watch

Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone

Open the section Wallet & Apple Pay and choose Add credit or Debit card

Scan the card and fill in the information

Wait for the OTP and verify it

Your card is activated on Apple Watch

Types of FAB Cards Supported by Apple Pay

FAB provides its users facility to use different cards. Apple Pay is a strong security banking system. The majority of used cards are debit cards. It is mostly used daily. A FAB debit card can be added to Apple Pay.

The user can buy without revealing card information. It is useful to prefer contactless payment.

The FAB credit cards can be added to Apple Pay. The user gets benefits from the cash back facility. Security is important in the credit card and Apple Pay tokenization system, making it more trustworthy.

Some users use prepaid or digital cards. These cards are for budget control for online banking. Users can easily include it in their Apple Wallet.