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In today's podcast, commentators say Apple is flirting with Alipay to create leverage in negotiations withUnionPay
在今天的播客中，評論員稱蘋果正在向阿里巴巴示好，目的是要在與銀聯的磋商中謀求平衡。
Will the wave and pay system of the latest iPhone be making it to China anytime soon? While newly-debuted Apple Pay has yet to be offered in China, the company's CEO Tim Cook earlier this week prompted a flurry of speculation on a possible tie-up with Alipay. Cook has met twice recently with Jack Ma, the majority stakeholder in Alipay and the founder and chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., a firm linked to Alipay. Both told the media that they are very interested in forming a partnership. But some experts say the talk could be aimed at negotiations with Unionpay, the country's only bankcard network operator. Chen Jianwei, a payment tech expert, said UnionPay is still Apple's best and, for some time to come, only option in the Chinese market. Apple and UnionPay have reached a preliminary agreement about cooperation that would allow iPhone 6 users to link the devices to UnionPay cards. But details are still being worked out and Chen said UnionPay has been moving too slowly.
蘋果手機支付系統這一浪潮是否將打入中國市場？蘋果日前新發布的蘋果支付系統還沒有在中國取得發展，蘋果總裁蒂姆·庫克在這周早些時候有意將推動與支付寶的合作。庫克近日與阿里巴巴最大股東，阿拉巴巴股份有限公司創立者兼總裁馬云進行了兩次會面。雙方都對媒體表明稱他們對共同合作很有興趣。但是，許多專家認為此次談話的目的在于與銀聯進行溝通，銀聯是中國唯一一家銀行卡網絡運營商。支付技術專家陳建偉稱在所預見的未來，銀聯仍然是蘋果在中國市場的唯一選擇。蘋果與銀聯已經就合作達成了初步協議，協議規定允許蘋果6的手機用戶與銀聯卡相連。但是，細節問題還在商討之中，陳認為銀聯的速度太慢了。
For Caixin Online, this is Diana Bates.
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