Kusukela kwafika i-Apple Pay e-Australia, I-Apple ibilokhu iba nezinkinga emabhange ezwe, njengoba ikhomishini yenkampani esekwe eCupertino efuna ukuyigcinela okwenziwayo ngakunye iphakeme kunaleyo etholwa ngamabhange akhipha amakhadi ngayinye ngayinye. Empeleni, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ilungu leqembu likahulumeni labeka isimemezelo esibhakabhakeni lathi kungenzeka ukuthi lishintshile noma bazophoqeleka ukuthi bayise lolu daba enkantolo yezokuncintisana kwazise ukusetshenziswa kwe-Apple Pay bekukhawulelwe kuphela eMelika Veza ngaphandle kokunikeza insizakalo emabhange amakhulu.
Kepha akuyona inkinga ye-Apple kuphela ngamabhange akuleli. Okhulumela amabhange amathathu amakhulu ezweni, iNational Bank, iCommonwealth Bank yase-Australia neWestpac Banking Corp, uthi imikhawulo ye-Apple kuWallet kubantu besithathu sicabanga ngokuziphatha okuphikisana nomncintiswano wamahhala. La mabhange amathathu afuna ukuxoxisana ngokuhlanganyela ukufakwa kwesoftware yokukhokha evela eceleni ku-iPhone engasebenzisa i-chip ye-NFC.
Njengamanje okuwukuphela kwendlela yokusebenzisa i-chip ye-NFC ye-iPhone ukusebenzisa uhlelo lweWallet futhi uma iWallet ingahambelani namabhange okukhulunywa ngawo, abasebenzisi abakwazi ukufaka amakhadi abo kulolu hlelo ukuze bakhokhe kamuva ngedivayisi. Amabhange amakhulu afuna ukuqeda lo mkhawulo futhi lolu daba balufake enkantolo yezokuncintisana yezwe. Njengoba singafunda eSydney Morning Herald:
Imayelana nokunikeza abase-Australia inketho yangempela eletha imiphumela engcono. Uma ngabe siphumelele, isicelo besizoba nezinzuzo ezinkulu kuzo zonke izakhamizi, hhayi amabhange kuphela, ngoba singasetshenziselwa ukukhokha ezokuthutha zomphakathi, ezinkampanini zezindiza, ekuthengiseni amathikithi, kumakhadi okuthembeka, ezinhlelweni zemiklomelo nakwezinye izinhlelo eziningi ezingasungulwa ngokuzayo ukusizakala nge-chip ye-NFC ye-iPhone.
