I-Apple Pay ithuthuka ngokumangazayo kancane e-Australia, abaningi abaqondi ukuthi ngemuva kwezinyanga ezingaka selokhu yethulwa, amakhadi e-Amex kuphela avunyelwe ukusetshenziswa. Noma ubani angacabanga ukuthi i-Apple ayiwenzi kahle umsebenzi wayo, kodwa empeleni inkinga ukuthi amabhange ase-Australia enqaba ukusekela i-Apple Pay. Nokho abakhulumeli beqembu eliphikisayo, iLabour Party, basikisela ukuthi lokhu kwenqaba ohlangothini lwamabhange kuhlanganisa ukuziphatha okuphambene nokuncintisana, njengoba kubikwe amaphephandaba ase-Australia, okungaphoqelela intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe i-Apple Pay esikiselayo.
Itimu iletha umsila omningi, futhi esinye sezizathu eziyinhloko zokuntuleka kwesivumelwano ukubalwa kwemali ekhokhwayo ukuthi ingxenye ngayinye ithatha. Njengokungathi amabhange asevele ethathe kancane imali yawo yokulobola, nawo afuna ukusizakala nge-Apple Pay ukuze angayeki ukuthola amakhomishini ayihlazo asevele ewathatha ngenxa nje yokukunikeza ikhadi.
I-Reserve Bank inxuswe ukuthi ihlole ukuziphatha okungaba khona okungahambisani nokuncintisana emakethe yokukhokha ngamakhadi esafufusa, amabhange amise inqubekelaphambili ye-Apple Pay entsha, ayivimbela ukuthi ikhule emqhudelwaneni ofanelekile ngaphandle kwesizathu esibonakalayo […]
“Abathengi base-Australia abanakuvinjwa amandla okusebenzisa izindlela zokukhokha ezitholakala ngokukhululekile kubathengi emhlabeni wonke,” kubhala u-Ed Husic. "Akungabazeki ukuthi abanye bazophikisana ngokuthi lesi sinyathelo samabhange siphikisana nokuncintisana - ngokuqinisekile ngikhathazekile ngokuthi umthengi wenqatshelwa ukufinyelela endaweni yokukhokha evikelekile nephumelelayo."
Futhi kunjalo nezwe le-Apple Pay e-Australia. E-United States, amabhange athatha u-1% wenkokhelo ngayinye yekhadi, okwenza i-$1 ku-$100 ngayinye. Nokho, i-Apple idinga amasenti angu-15 edola ngalinye eligcinwa yibhange njengekhomishini, futhi amabhange ase-Australia abonakala engagxumi phakathi kwama-hoops.