Dubai Traffic Fines can now be Paid Through Apple Pay
- The Department of Artificial Intelligence at Dubai Police has upgraded a smart platform to pay transaction fees by using Apple Pay feature of smart phones
- The new service is available at all Dubai Police service centres and the Smart Police Stations
- Dubai residents can use the feature by tapping their iPhones either at police service centres or at smart police stations
- Not only can Apply Pay be used to pay off traffic fines, but for any police fee transactions at all service centres spread across the emirate of Dubai
- Apple Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple Inc. that lets users make payments using an iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad or Mac
- Apple Pay was originally launched in 2014 in the US, and launched in UAE in October 2017
- Apple Pay is available in UAE for credit cards from Mashreq, Emirates NBD, Emirates Islamic, RAK Bank, HSBC, or Standard Chartered banks
- UAE is the first country in the Middle East to have the Apple Pay service, and the 20th country overall
- UAE is the first country in the Middle East to have the Apple Pay service, and the 20th country overall
- Dubai Police opened its first smart station in City Walk in 2017, with upcoming stations at Media City, Dubai Design District (d3), and Dubai International Academic City
