Sign-up Glitches Have Apple Pay off to Sour Start in China

(Beijing) – Smartphone users trying to sign up for Apple Inc. mobile payment service ran into problems on the first day it was available in China.

Apple Pay, a mobile payment service that allows users to wave their phones near point-of-sale terminals to complete purchases, became available to iPhone users in China on February 18, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter.