苹果钱包蓄势待发瞄准移动端支付市场

2014-09-11 14:44:08来源：可可英语

　　Apple appears poised to change the way Americanspay for stuff. Or at least, it will try.

　　苹果(Apple)似乎要改变美国人的支付方式了。或者至少，他们准备尝试一下。

　　Sources confirm several reports that the iPhone 6,expected to be introduced on Tuesday, will includetechnology that will turn the device into a mobilewallet that could be used to pay for items at retailstores. Apple’s mobile wallet will be based on NFC,or near field communications, a technology that usesradio communications to transmit data and thatworks in a growing number of point-of-sale systems. The iPhone’s Touch ID fingerprintscanner will be used to authenticate users, and Apple AAPL -0.83% has teamed up with creditcard companies to make the service broadly useful, the sources, who agreed to speak oncondition of anonymity, said.

　　消息源确认了iPhone 6将包含一项新技术，可以将移动设备作为钱包使用，从而在商店购买物品。这项移动钱包技术将采用NFC，也就是利用无线电来发射数据的近场通信技术(near field communications)。该技术已被越来越多的销售终端系统所采用。匿名消息源表示，iPhone将采用Touch ID指纹扫描来鉴别用户身份，苹果也将与信用卡公司合作，扩大这项服务的应用范围。

　　An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.

　　苹果的一位女发言人拒绝对此发表评论。

　　Apple, which already has payment credentials for some 800 million people globally throughiTunes accounts, has long been expected to make a bid to dominate mobile payments.

　　苹果通过iTunes账户，已经获得了全球范围内大约8亿用户的支付授权。公司要争取主宰移动支付领域，这也早在人们预料之中。

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