Ngesikhathi kwethulwa imiphumela yezomnotho ehambelana nekota yokugcina yezimali, U-Apple umemezele ukuthi i-Apple Pay izofika maduze eSpain, Hong Kong naseSingapore. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, kwavezwa ukuthi iChina nayo izoba phakathi kwamazwe lapho ubuchwepheshe bokukhokha bakwa-Apple buzohlala khona ngonyaka ozayo.
Kokubili eSpain naseHong Kong naseSingapore, u-Apple uthathe isinqumo sokufinyelela esivumelwaneni neAmerican Express ukusheshisa ukufika kwe-Apple Pay kula mazwe. Ukuze ufike eChina ngokushesha okukhulu, labo abavela eCupertino bebengenakho okunye abangakwenza ngaphandle kwalokho uzakwethu ne-UnionPay.
I-Apple ifuna ukwanda ngokushesha endaweni yamaShayina, lapho ithola khona izinzuzo ezinkulu ekuthengisweni kwamadivayisi ayo futhi ukuze ingashiywa ngaphandle kwezinhlelo ezahlukahlukene zokukhokha ezikhona ezweni, inqume ukusebenzisana ne-UnionPay, kanye ne-Alibaba yiziqhwaga zokuthengiselana kwezwe.
Ekuqaleni konyaka odlule, abakwaCupertino bahlala etafuleni elifanayo no-Alibaba, ukuzama ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni esasizosiza zombili izinhlangothi, kodwa izingxoxo zahlakazeka ngoba yayingekho indlela yokufinyelela esivumelwaneni. Okwamanje asazi inyanga eqondile le teknoloji ezofika ngayo eChina, kepha bonke abasebenzisi be-iPhone ne-Apple Watch abafuna ukusebenzisa i-Apple Pay ukukhokha bayatholakala, kuzofanele balethe kuphela idivayisi yabo esikhumulweni se-UnionPay QuickPass ukuqinisekisa inkokhelo nge-ID ye-Touch uma siyenza kusuka ku-iPhone.
Okwamanje le sevisi itholakala kuphela e-UK, Canada nase-Australia, kanye nase-US. Konke kubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi i-Apple iphoqeleke ukuthi ifinyelele ezivumelwaneni nabakhipha amakhadi ngokuba nezinkinga namabhange ukuze ikwazi ukusabalalisa ikhomishini abayithola kubathengisi abanikela ngalezi zinhlobo zokukhokha.
