Affirm will surface as an option for U.S. Apple Pay users on iPhones and iPads later this year, the San Francisco-based fintech company said in a filing. Apple confirmed the news in its own update.

However, the company recently canceled its Apple Pay Later program. Instead, Apple is choosing to partner with third-party providers for buy-now-pay-later services going forward.

Reports of Apple Pay not working began pouring in after 8 a.m. Friday and surged past 2,000 half an hour later.

NEW YORK — Apple is discontinuing its buy now, pay later service known as Apple Pay Later barely a year after its initial launch in the U.S., and will rely ...