Apple Pay and Wallet Chief Jennifer Bailey to Leave

Jennifer Bailey has spent 23 years at Apple and played a central role in building Apple Pay into a global payments platform while broadening Wallet beyond bank cards. Under her leadership, the service expanded into areas including transit passes, digital keys and identity credentials, making payments and financial features an increasingly important part of Apple’s ecosystem and services strategy.

Apple confirmed that Bailey, its head of Apple Pay and Wallet, will leave the company after 23 years. Publicly available details did not specify her exact departure date, a successor or any financial terms. The leadership change puts fresh attention on how Apple will steer the global expansion of Apple Pay and develop Wallet across payments, digital identity and related financial services.