Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, i-Apple, ekhokelwa nguTim Cook, yazisa ukuba kulo nyaka, Itekhnoloji yentlawulo ye-elektroniki iya kufikelela eSpain, eSingapore naseHong Kong ngeAmerican Express. Ngelixa siseSpain asazi ukuba izakuhlala nini kwilizwe lethu, iApple Pay isandula kufika eSingapore ngeAmerican Express njengoko kubhengezwe nguTim Cook.
Ngobusuku bokugqibela i-Apple ihlaziye iphepha lenkxaso elinika i-Apple Pay, yongeza iSingapore kuluhlu lwamazwe apho le teknoloji yokuhlawula sele ikhona. Okwangoku, kukho amazwe amathandathu apho iApple Pay ifumaneka khona: Canada, China, Australia, United Kingdom, United States kwaye ngoku Singapore.
I-Apple Pay ngoku iyafumaneka kweli lizwe ngenxa yomanyano i-Apple ethe yafikelela kuyo ne-American Express, imanyano eyabhengezwa ngo-Okthobha ka-2015. Enkosi kolu manyano, iApple Pay ngoku iyafumaneka eCanada, eOstreliya naseSingapore, kodwa kungekudala iza kufika eHong Kong naseSpain, ngokutsho kwe-CEO ye-Apple.
Njengoko sibona kwiwebhusayithi ye-Apple elizweni, ukuba sifuna ukongeza ikhadi ukuze sikwazi ukusebenzisa i-Apple Pay, kufuneka sicofe iqhosha + kwaye ukhethe Yongeza ikhadi letyala okanye lebhanki. Okwangoku ifumaneka kuphela kubo bonke abo basebenzisi banekhadi eline-American Express, kodwa kwiwebhusayithi, sinokubona ukuba njani. Amakhadi eVisa azakufumaneka kungekudala.
Ngoku sinokuhlawula umbulelo kwi-Apple Pay kwezi ndawo zilandelayo eSingapore: i-Starbucks, i-FairPrice, i-StarHub, i-Uniqlo, i-TopShop kunye ne-Shaw theatre kwaye ngokukhawuleza kwi-BreadTalk, i-Cold Storage, i-FoodRepublic kunye ne-Giant. Kodwa unokuhlawula kuzo zonke iindawo ezikhoyo ngoku ube nedataphone enobuchwepheshe be-NFC.
