New Delhi, July 7 -- After a four-year wait, Apple users will once again be able to make payments for their Apple account purchases in India via their debit or credit cards. The rollout of the feature is being carried out in a phased manner and, initially, only Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards will be eligible for App Store purchases like iCloud+ and Apple Music. However, reports suggest that Apple could soon add support for RuPay-powered cards in the future as well.

Notably, Apple had stopped accepting card payments for App Store purchases in India in 2021 after the RBI rolled out its card tokenisation guidelines. Since then, Indian users had to rely on UPI, net banking or their Apple Account balance to pay for their subscript...