Apple Pay outage: Why are users ‘unable to connect to wallet services’?

Update: Apple Pay remained unavailable for many users across the US as of 10 p.m. Friday. The outage began around 5 p.m., and users continued to report problems completing payment transactions. Apple had not yet responded to the reports or provided an estimated timeline for restoring the service.

Initial report: Apple Pay is down for thousands of users across the US, with many reporting they are unable to connect to wallet services.