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The Story of Apple Pay with Jennifer Bailey

2024/10/22
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Jennifer Bailey:我的职业生涯始于软件工程,并在早期阶段的公司工作中积累了经验,这些经验让我受益匪浅,无论成功还是失败。在 Netscape 工作期间,我学习到组建强大的团队和把握时机的重要性。回到苹果后,我参与了 iTunes 和 iPod 的项目,并见证了苹果公司的多次转型。Apple Pay 的开发始于对核心技术的探索,例如 NFC 和安全元件。我们希望 Apple Pay 能够提高支付的安全性和便捷性,并提升用户的隐私保护。Apple Pay 的推广面临着多方合作的挑战,包括银行、商家和发行商。在一些非接触式支付普及率高的国家,Apple Pay 的推广较为顺利。EMV 芯片的普及促进了非接触式支付的推广。Apple Pay 优先发展线下支付功能,因为线下支付交易量更大,且 Apple Pay 的技术架构更适合线下支付。Apple Pay 的全球扩张策略考虑了 iPhone 用户数量、非接触式支付基础设施和支付生态系统等因素。Apple Pay 的令牌化技术需要与支付网络和银行合作开发。Apple Pay 的设计目标是保护用户隐私,避免收集和存储敏感的交易数据。Apple Pay 的交易数据通过传统的支付基础设施进行处理。Apple Wallet 的发展目标是取代实体钱包。Apple Wallet 不断添加新的功能,例如交通卡、门票和会员卡等。Apple Wallet 已经支持多种类型的数字卡,例如学生证、汽车钥匙和酒店钥匙等。Apple Wallet 正在不断扩展其功能,例如增加了电动滑板车钥匙和迪士尼乐园门票等。Apple Wallet 的最终目标是完全取代实体钱包。Apple Wallet 的功能扩展,一部分是主动拓展,一部分是被动响应。Apple Wallet 需要与许多合作伙伴合作才能实现其功能。Apple Wallet 的功能扩展,也受到合作伙伴和政府机构的主动联系。Apple 正在努力提高其与合作伙伴整合的能力,以便更快地将新功能扩展到更多国家。Apple 目前不打算在 Apple Wallet 中创建类似应用商店的功能,因为创建类似应用商店的功能需要大量的数据,而 Apple 不会收集和存储这些数据。未来,如果开放银行业务得到普及,Apple Wallet 可能提供更多个性化服务。英国的开放银行业务允许用户连接他们的 Apple Pay 卡到银行账户,这为提供更多个性化服务创造了条件。未来,如果用户数据存储在设备上,并由用户控制,Apple Wallet 就能提供更多个性化服务。Apple 推出 Apple Card 是为了提供一种更注重用户财务健康和透明度的信用卡产品。Apple Card 的设计目标是帮助用户更健康地使用信用卡。Apple Card 的设计考虑了用户在使用信用卡时的各种痛点。Apple Card 提供了多种功能来帮助用户更好地管理财务,例如利息计算器、无额外费用和可视化的支出追踪。Apple Card 的每日现金返还计划比传统的积分奖励计划更透明。Apple Savings 的推出时机恰逢其时,因为当时利率正在上升。Apple Savings 的推出是为了提升每日现金返还计划的价值,并利用当时上升的利率。我对 Apple Pay 和 Apple Wallet 的发展感到自豪,特别是看到这些技术在实际应用中的成功。我对 Apple Pay 在东京地铁站的成功应用感到自豪。我对 Apple Card 的成功感到自豪,因为它树立了信用卡行业的新标准。给创业者的建议是专注于用户体验、保持耐心和毅力。即使在大型公司,也要始终以客户为中心。创业需要耐心和毅力。 Alex Rampell: 作为一名风险投资人,我看到了 Apple Pay 和 Apple Wallet 的巨大成功,以及其背后的技术创新和商业模式。Apple Pay 和 Apple Wallet 的成功离不开强大的团队、恰当的时机和对用户需求的深刻理解。Apple Pay 的发展历程也体现了技术创新和商业模式创新的重要性。Apple Pay 和 Apple Wallet 的未来发展充满机遇和挑战,需要持续关注用户体验、安全和隐私等方面。

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Jennifer Bailey's career path from a software engineer in early-stage companies to VP of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet is explored. Her experiences at Netscape and the lessons learned from both successful and unsuccessful ventures are discussed, leading to her role in shaping Apple's digital payment strategy.
  • Early career in software engineering in Silicon Valley.
  • Experience in early-stage companies at Netscape, witnessing the rise of the commercial internet.
  • Understanding the importance of team resilience, adaptability, and market timing for business success.

Shownotes Transcript

In 2024, marking 10 years since its launch, Apple Pay now boasts hundreds of millions of consumers in 78 markets, at checkout on millions of websites and apps, in tens of millions of stores worldwide, and is supported by more than 11,000 bank and network partners.

In this episode, a16z General Partner Alex Rampell sits down with Jennifer Bailey, VP of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet, to explore how Apple has transformed digital payments. 

Jennifer reveals how Apple Pay and Apple Wallet have grown beyond payments to include transit cards, car keys, and more. They also discuss the challenges of driving adoption, the future of digital wallets, and Jennifer’s insights for entrepreneurs.

 

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