gift cards for Apple Pay

Apple Cash has a linked account at a financial provider, or a linked payment or debit card, but not gift cards:

• Add money to Apple Cash - Apple Support
• Transfer money in Apple Cash to your bank account or debit card - Apple Support

Apple Gift Cards only end up with all of the money at Apple or associated purchases made via Apple, and that money can’t be transferred away from Apple.

• What you can buy with your Apple Gift Card or Apple Account balance - Apple Support

Depending on the situation, anti-money laundering requirements and checks for churning can get involved here, too.

Generic gift cards are all issued by banks. If the bank supports Apple Pay and the gift card has a Tap-To-Pay symbol, it should be supported.

The issuing bank is noted on the back of the card. It also will have a phone number for contacting the banks support team. You can review the Apple Support article I linked below to confirm the issuing bank supports Apple Pay.

Apple Pay participating banks in Asia/Pacific, Africa, Europe Latin America, Middle East and United States - Apple Support

Hi, some Vanilla Visa cards (issued by Sutton Bank) and American Express gift cards generally work with Apple Pay.

Yeah; as those mimic a payment card.

They are prepaid debit cards and work like any other debit card. Apple Cash is a prepaid debit card. But not all the issuing banks support Apple Pay (Tap-To-Pay).