I-Australia namuhla inensizakalo ye-Apple Pay esungulwe emabhange amaningi ezweni, kepha kunezine zalezi zinhlangano eziphikisana nezigaba zokusetshenziswa kwale sevisi: I-Commonwealth Bank yase-Australia, iWestpac Banking Corporation, iNational Australia Bank kanye neBendigo ne-Adelaide Ibhange, okuyi benqaba ngokuphelele ukuvumela imithetho eqinile yensizakalo yokukhokha ye-Apple Pay futhi bafuna ukuthi kuvulwe i-NFC. Kulokhu badwebe bathumela i-ACCC umqulu onamakhasi ayi-137 lapho kuthiwa khona i-Apple isebenza ngendlela "engalawuleki, evaliwe futhi elawulwa kakhulu".
Ngalokhu kwenqaba, abakufunayo ukuze sonke sikuqonde kahle, ukuvumela ukusetshenziswa kwe-NFC ukukhokha ngamadivayisi we-Apple nezinye izinsizakalo ezinikezwa ngamabhange ezingahlobene neze ne-Apple Pay. Ngokusobala le yinto esingakholelwa ukuthi izokwenzeka ngoba kwezinye izikhathi inkampani yaseCupertino isivele isho ukuthi i-NFC ene-Apple Pay ivaliwe ukuvikela abasebenzisi ezinsongweni zokuphepha nokuthi "Izingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha, isoftware nezinsiza ezifana ne-Apple Pay kuhlanganiswe ngokuphelele ukuze zinikeze umsebenzisi ukuvikeleka okuphezulu kakhulu."
Lokhu kungqubuzana okuhlale isikhathi eside etafuleni futhi kusobala ukuthi kuyisicelo sabasebenzisi balezi zinhlangano zamabhange ukuthi bakwazi ukukhetha ukuthi basebenzise i-Apple Pay noma cha, ngoba kulokhu abanakho lokho ngakho-ke amabhange akhama inkampani kaTim Cook, ngalezi zinhlobo zezingxabano eziholele ngisho nase I-ACCC (IKhomishini Yezokuncintisana neKhasimende Yase-Australia) ukuvumela ukuvulwa kwe-NFC. Kusazobonwa ukuthi i-ACCC iphendula ini kuleli cala.
