Following Apple's recent announcement of the iPhone 6's mobile payment feature, Apple Pay, experts from both the public and private sector gave positive predictions for the outlook of mobile commerce in Hong Kong at a conference in the city yesterday. Apple announced its much anticipated iPhone 6 on September 9, and unveiled Apple Pay, a new mobile payment function which uses near field communication (NFC) technology, which has previously been used in Octopus cards and contactless payment cards. Visa, which sponsored the conference, is one of the companies partnering with Apple on Apple Pay, along with Mastercard and American Express.