Inye kuphela ibhanki kwezine ezinkulu e-Australia esele ukuxhasa iintlawulo nge-Apple Pay. Okokugqibela, iindaba kukuba kungekudala iya kuba yenye enye. Abasebenzisi bayo baya kuba nakho ukusebenzisa iqonga lokuhlawula i-Apple eliye laphunyezwa ngempumelelo kwamanye amazwe. I-Westpac, eyibhanki yesibini ngobukhulu e-Australia, ithe kungekudala izakuqala ukukhupha inkxaso ye-Apple Pay.
Ukulibaziseka okunjalo kunokubangelwa yimpikiswano yokuba ezi bhanki zikhulu zazinayo ne-Apple uqobo. Bacele inkampani yaseMelika ukuba ibenakho ukufikelela kwizixhobo zeNFC ze-iPhone. Iibhanki zacela ukuba iApple ivule ukufikelela kubuchwephesha beNFC ukuze bakwazi ukuqhuba amaqonga abo okuhlawula, kodwa uApple wazikhaba ezo zicelo.
I-Westpac, ibhanki yokugqibela enkulu yokwamkela i-Apple Pay e-Australia
I-Westpac ichaze ngengxelo esemthethweni ukuba i-Apple Pay ngoku iza kubakho, okokuqala kwiimveliso zayo zengingqi. I-St George, i-BankSA kunye ne-Bank yaseMelbourne abathengi bayo abane-Visa debit efanelekileyo okanye ikhadi lekhredithi liya kuba lelokuqala. Esi sigqibo sokuphumeza iqonga lokuhlawula kuqala kwiimpawu zommandla senziwe ukuze ibhanki ngokwayo ihlaziye itekhnoloji yayo ngaphambi kokumiselwa kwesizwe.
Ngamazwi e-CEO ye-banking yabathengi, uDavid Lindberg: "Sifuna ukuqinisekisa abathengi baseWestpac ukuba sisebenzela ukuhambisa iApple Pay ngokukhawuleza, ngelixa sisasaza itekhnoloji kumaqonga eebhanki ahlukeneyo."
Ayizukuhlala kude kube yi-2020 xa abathengi bebhanki yaseWestpac banokusebenzisa obu buchwepheshaUkusukela oko yasekwa eSpain, ndiyakuxelela ukuba andazi ukuba liphi ikhadi lam lebhanki.
Ukuba unomdla wokwazi zonke iibhanki ezixhasa iApple Pay ngoku, kufuneka kuphela fikelela kwiphepha elenziwe lasebenza yiApple ngezi njongo.