Apple, a major American IT company, announced that it will introduce a new function in the United States that allows payment by simply holding a credit card over the iPhone, and as interest in technology that leads to prevention of infection with the new coronavirus increases, it is new. It is attracting attention as a service.
This was announced by Apple on its homepage on the 8th.
According to that, Apple will introduce a new function in the United States that allows the "iPhone" to be used as a payment terminal from spring.
If retailers and restaurants use smartphones with this function for payment, users can make payments simply by holding a credit card or debit card with an IC chip over the smartphone.
In addition, since it also supports "Apple Pay," which makes electronic payments using the IC chip built into the smartphone, it is possible to make payments simply by bringing the smartphones closer together.
Regarding "non-contact" technology, Seven-Eleven Japan, the largest convenience store in Japan, has begun a demonstration experiment of an unmanned cash register that allows payment by operating the screen that appears in the air with a finger from this month.
With the spread of the new coronavirus infection, shoppers and store employees are paying more attention to technology that can prevent infection, and it is attracting attention as a new service.