It's worth noting that Android Pay has launched with 28 banks in Australia. http://www.news.com.au/technology/google-launches-android-pay-in-australia-with-mor

It's worth noting that Android Pay has launched with 28 banks in Australia. http://www.news.com.au/technology/google-launches-android-pay-in-australia-with-more-banks-than-apple-or-samsung/news-story/b717e8bc8cd651998920c34ffc1b926d http://www.news.com.au/technology/google-launches-android-pa... It's also worth noting that Australia has 4 big banks that have over 80% of the Australian market. With 28 the proportion of the market covered is even higher. Google were clearly prepared to make deals that Apple are not.