Apple Pay services resolved after outage, company says
Apple users experienced problems with a range of the company's payment features on Friday.
Wallet and Apple Pay were the last payment issues to be resolved, according to the company's support site.
Earlier in the day, nearly 3,000 users reported issues with Apple Pay, according to Downdetector, a website that tracks outages.
Some users were also experiencing problems with Apple Card and Apple Cash, but those outages were resolved earlier, the support site said.
CNBC has reached out to Apple for comment.
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