I-Walmart yayingenye yezitolo ezinkulu lokho isukume i-Apple enamandla onke ngobuchwepheshe bayo obusha bokukhokha obenziwa ngogesi selokhu yangena emakethe ngo-Okthoba odlule. I-Walmart inqume ukungayamukeli i-Apple Pay futhi yakhe ipulatifomu yokukhokha ezimele kuzo zonke ezikhona ukuze abasebenzisi bezikhungo zayo bakwazi ukukhokha ngendlela esheshayo nelula.
Le ndlela entsha yokukhokha isanda kwethulwa emphakathini futhi igama layo yiWalmart Pay. I-Walmart Pay ithembele kumakhodi we-QR eyenziwe ngokusebenza kwayo ukuze noma yimuphi umsebenzisi we-smartphone akhokhe ngaphandle kokusebenzisa iselula yesizukulwane esilandelayo enesiphephelo se-NFC noma ikhadi labo elijwayelekile lesikweletu noma ledebhithi.
Uhlelo olusha lokukhokha lweWalmart, ngaphezu kokuhambisana nawo wonke ama-smartphones emakethe, lusivumela ukuthi sisebenzise noma yiluphi uhlobo lwekhadi lesikweletu noma ledebhithi, kanye namakhadi akhokhelwa kusengaphambili namakhadi ezipho ezinkampani. Udinga nje ukufaka uhlelo lokusebenza kudivayisi yakho bese uthenga kahle. Lapho sizokwenza inkokhelo kufanele sivule ukusetshenziswa kwefoni yethu, khetha iWalmart Pay bese skena ikhodi ye-QR esikhonjiswa irejista yemali kwesikhungo. Sidinga kuphela umakhalekhukhwini olula onekhamera, awekho ama-chips e-NFC noma enye into ethe xaxa kwezobuchwepheshe.
Uhlelo lokusebenza lweWalmart Pay lwenza ukuthenga kusheshe futhi kube lula, ”kusho uNeil Ashe, oyi-CEO noMongameli weWalmart Global eCommerce. “IWalmart Pay iyisibonelo sakamuva sendlela ulwazi lokuthenga olungaguqulwa ngayo ngaphandle komthungo ngokuxhuma ubuchwepheshe obusha, ubuchwepheshe obungasetshenziswa ngamakhasimende angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-140 avakashela izitolo zethu isonto ngalinye.
I-Walmart ithathe isinqumo sokubheja ubuchwepheshe bayo ukuze dala isixazululo sokukhokha esimaphakathi, kepha kusengubuchwepheshe obusha kanye nendlela yokukhokha ngogesi ngaphezulu kokujoyina izinketho ezahlukahlukene ezikhona manje emakethe.
Uma ungumsebenzisi we-iPhone futhi ufuna ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokukhokha lwale nkampani, kufanele nje faka uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Walmart Pay okuthi okwamanje itholakale kuphela njengendlela yokukhokha ezindaweni ezimbalwa kepha ekuqaleni konyaka izokwenabela nakwezinye izitolo ezweni lonke.