UMikhal Marek
Uhlelo olusha lokukhokha lwe-Apple Pay, inkampani yaseCalifornia eyethule ndawonye nama-iPhones amasha, luzoqala ngenyanga ezayo e-US. Kodwa-ke, i-Apple ifuna ukwanda eYurophu ngaphandle kokulibala, njengoba kufakazelwa ukutholwa kwabasebenzi abasha benkampani. UMary Carol Harris, omunye wabesifazane ababaluleke kakhulu esigabeni saseYurophu saseVisa kusukela ngo-2008, ulibangise e-Apple. Njengoba le ntokazi ibiyinhloko yophiko lwamaselula enkampani, inolwazi nobuchwepheshe be-NFC, u-Apple obusebenzise okokuqala emishinini yayo emisha kulo nyaka.
Uhlelo lwe-Apple Pay luthembisa ukushintsha inqubo yokukhokha yansuku zonke, lapho luzosebenzisa khona i-NFC chip eyakhelwe kuma-iPhones "ayisithupha" kanye ne-Apple Watch. Ngamafuphi, ku-Cupertino, bafuna ukwenza lula isikhwama sakho semali, futhi amakhadi okukhokha kufanele engezwe ohlelweni lokusebenza lwe-Passbook ngaphezu kwamakhadi okwethembeka, amathikithi endiza nokunye okunjalo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufanele bathole ukuvikeleka kwekhwalithi ephezulu.
UMary Carol Harris naye ukuqinisekisile ukushintshwa komsebenzi kuphrofayela yakhe ye-LinkedIn. Ungafunda futhi kulo iqiniso lokuthi lo wesifazane useneminyaka engu-14 yesipiliyoni emkhakheni wezinkokhelo zedijithali neselula. U-Harris uyathakazelisa ku-Apple hhayi nje ngenxa yesipiliyoni sakhe ku-VISA, kodwa futhi ngoba ubesebenzela isigaba se-NFC egatsheni laseBrithani iTelefonica - O2.
U-Harris unesipiliyoni seminyaka eminingi ezinhlelweni zokukhokha zamaselula futhi ungomunye wabaqalwe ezinhlelweni zokukhokha zamaselula kanye ne-SMS ezimakethe ezisathuthuka. I-Apple inethemba lokuthi ngenxa yalo wesifazane, izosungula ubudlelwano obusha namabhange ase-Europe futhi izokwazi ukukhuthaza insizakalo ye-Apple Pay emhlabeni jikelele. Okwamanje, azikho izivumelwano ze-Apple namabhange aseYurophu ezenziwe esidlangalaleni.
