Ngexesha lokwenziwa kweziphumo zoqoqosho ezingqinelana nekota yokugqibela yezemali, U-Apple wabhengeza ukuba iApple Pay iza kufika kungekudala eSpain, eHong Kong naseSingapore. Kungekudala emva koko, kwafunyanwa ukuba i-China nayo yayiza kuba phakathi kwamazwe apho itekhnoloji yokuhlawula i-Apple yayiza kufika kunyaka olandelayo.
Zombini eSpain naseHong Kong naseSingapore, uApple uthathe isigqibo sokufikelela kwisivumelwano neAmerican Express ukukhawulezisa ukufika kweApple Pay kula mazwe. Ukuze ufike e-China ngokukhawuleza, abo baseCupertino khange babenakho ngaphandle kokukhetha iqabane ne-UnionPay.
I-Apple ifuna ukwandisa ngokukhawuleza kummandla waseTshayina, apho ifumana izibonelelo ezinkulu kwintengiso yezixhobo zayo kwaye ukuze ingashiywa ngaphandle kwiinkqubo ezahlukeneyo zokuhlawula ngekhompyutha ezikhoyo elizweni, igqibe kwelokuba isebenzisane ne-UnionPay. Kunye neAlibaba zizikhulu zentengiselwano zelizwe.
Ekuqaleni konyaka ophelileyo, abo baseCupertino bahlala etafileni enye noAlibaba, ukuzama ukufikelela kwisivumelwano esiza kunceda amaqela omabini, kodwa thethwano lwaphuka kuba kwakungekho ndlela yokufikelela kuso nasiphi na isivumelwano. Okwangoku asiyazi eyona nyanga iza kufika ngayo obu buchwephesha e-China, kodwa bonke abasebenzisi be-iPhone kunye nabakwa-Apple Watch abafuna ukusebenzisa i-Apple Pay ukuhlawula bayafumaneka, kuya kufuneka bazise isixhobo sabo kwi-UnionPay QuickPass ukuqinisekisa intlawulo ngeTouch ID ukuba siyayenza kwi-iPhone.
Okwangoku le nkonzo ifumaneka kuphela e-UK, Canada nase-Australia, kunye ne-US. Yonke into ibonakala ibonisa ukuba iApple inyanzelwe ukuba ifikelele kwizivumelwano nabakhuphi bamakhadi ngokuba neengxaki kwiibhanki ukuze zikwazi ukusasaza ikhomishini abayifumanayo kubarhwebi ababonelela ngezi ndlela zokuhlawula.
