CBC:

Apple Pay is becoming much more useful in Canada, as the mobile payment system adds several major Canadian partners including Royal Bank and CIBC.

Those banks say they’ll accept Visa and MasterCard credit card payments through compatible Apple devices starting today and Bank of Montreal said the feature is “coming soon.” ATB Financial and Canadian Tire Bank are also participating.

The system launched in Canada late last year, but hasn’t had much pickup because the big banks had been reluctant to sign up. Apple Pay used to only work with non-bank American Express cards, which are rare in Canada. Tuesday’s announcement will also make Apple Pay available to users with Interac debit cards issued by RBC and CIBC.

Great news for my fellow Canadians.