Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, i-MCX consortium imemezele ukuthi iphrojekthi esuneminyaka embalwa isebenza kuyo, i-CurrentC, ikhubaza ukwethulwa kwayo.Ngenxa yezinkinga ezithile zokusebenza nezokuphepha ebenginakho emsamo. Kodwa kubonakala sengathi lezi zinkinga zibaluleke kakhulu kunalokho kubonakala futhi zingaphoqa le nkundla ukuthi ivalwe ngaphambi kokuthi ikwazi ukunikeza le sevisi yokukhokha emakethe, engasekelwe kubuchwepheshe be-NFC, kodwa kunalokho isebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza oluhambisanayo. nazo zonke izinkundla. namaselula emakethe, ukuze ukusetshenziswa kwawo kusakazeke ngokushesha phakathi kwabo bonke abasebenzisi.
I-MCX isanda kumenyezelwa ukumiswa kwesevisi yayo ngoJuni 28 phakathi kwabo bonke abasebenzisi okwamanje abasebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza esigabeni se-beta. Bonke abasebenzisi ababhalisele uhlelo lwe-beta futhi bathola ikhuphoni lesipho bazokwazi ukulisebenzisa kuze kube umhla ka-28 Juni, idethi lapho uhlelo lokusebenza luzoyeka ukusebenza futhi ngeke kusakwazi ukubuyisela imali etholwe abasebenzisi. beta abahloli bangene kule sevisi.
I-MCX iqale ukuthuthukisa i-CurrentC ngenhloso yokuthi nikeza inkokhelo eqondile nge-akhawunti yasebhange yabasebenzisi ngaphandle kokuba nekhadi lesikweletu. I-MCX consortium yakhiwe abathengisi abakhulu njenge-Walmart ne-Best Buy, izitolo zabo okwamanje ezingasekeli i-Apple Pay futhi bezilinde ukwethulwa kwe-CurrentC ukuze kunwetshwe izindlela zokukhokha phakathi kwamakhasimende abo.
Ngenkathi i-CurrentC imise iphrojekthi, I-Apple Pay isanda kwengeza amabhange angama-34 nezikhungo zezikweletu osekuvele kukuvumela ukuthi wengeze amakhadi akho esikweletu nawedebhithi. Okwamanje, izwe lokugcina elizothola i-Apple Pay ngezandla ezivulekile, njengoba sakwazisa izolo, kuzoba yiSwitzerland, ezofika ngoMsombuluko ozayo, Juni 13, ngosuku olufanayo lapho i-WWDC izoba khona.