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The Commonwealth Bank appears to have thrown in the towel as far as keeping Apple Pay out goes, and has said the payment option will be made available to its own customers and those of Bankwest.

One of Australia’s four big banks, the Commonwealth Bank, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Australian medical technology provider, Whitecoat, to deliver a best-in-class integrated payments, claiming, and healthcare directory solution.

Commuters in Sydney will now be able to use their credit cards or mobile phones to tap on and off on metro train services, instead of using their Opal cards, after the contactless payments trial run by Transport for NSW and the Commonwealth Bank, Cubic and Mastercard was extended.