U-Apple namuhla wenze isethulo kwi-Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), ephikisa lokho Isicelo samabhange amakhulu amathathu ase-Australia sokuxoxisana ngokuhlanganyela ekusetshenzisweni kwe-Apple Pay ekugcineni siyabalimaza abathengi, ngoba kungalimaza ukwenziwa okusha kwezinkokhelo zeselula futhi kugweme amandla okuncintisana okusetshenziswa kwabathengi.
Inkampani yaseCupertino igcizelela ukuthi amabhange amathathu amakhulu (i-Commonwealth Bank, i-National Australia Bank (i-NAB) ne-Westpac) aphikise kakhulu ukuzibophezela ku-Apple mayelana ne-Apple Pay kule minyaka emibili edlule.
U-Apple uthi lokho bazamile, akuphumelelanga, ukuxoxisana nawo wonke amabhangeNgaphandle kwelinye lamabhange elinqaba ukusayina isivumelwano semfihlo esizovumela i-Apple ukuthi ithumele imigomo yayo yokuqala kumakhasimende. U-Apple uthi ukuxoxisana ngokuhlanganyela kuzonciphisa ukuqhubeka kwezingxoxo nezinye izinhlangano.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi ibhange ngalinye alibesabi izimbangi zalo ezinikeza i-Apple Pay. Ngakho-ke, amabhange awesabi ukulahlekelwa okungahle kube khona kusuka kubathengi kuya ebhizinisini. Lokhu kulimaza abathengi, kuvimbele amandla okuncintisana, ngokusho kwe-Apple.
Isilinganiso futhi sizolimaza ukwenziwa okusha kuzinkokhelo zeselula, isusa izikhuthazi kubadlali abakhona e-Australia ukuze bancintisane ne-Apple Pay. Kodwa-ke, okhulumela amabhange utshele AppleInsider ukuthi, kanye nabathengisi base-Australia nabaprosesa bokukhokha, bebelokhu basebenza ngezinkokhelo zokuxhumana ngaphandle kokulethwa kwe-Apple Pay.
Amabhange athi ngokungafani ne-Android noma i-Samsung, I-Apple ivimba ukufinyelela kuzinkokhelo ze-NFC futhi ufuna abasebenzisi bangabi nenye indlela ngaphandle kokusebenzisa i-Apple Pay. Bafuna ukuxoxisana ne-Apple ukuthi banikeze ezinye izikhwama ezihlanganisiwe ngaphakathi kwe-Apple Pay. Ngesonto eledlule, abathengisi base-Australia nabaprosesa bokukhokha baklelane namabhange ukuze baxoxisane ngokuhlanganyela.