The short answer of course is: yes, QR Codes really suck for transit, which Abacus first reported on when the QR code transit meltdown hit Chengdu last April. Abacus is […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica
Apple Card and Apple Cash Trademark Applications for Japan
The CoRRiENTE.top site reports a JP trademark bot tweet that shows Apple applied for Apple Card and Apple Cash trademarks in Japan on July 16, the trademark bot tweet itself […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - MIFARE - NFC - Transit
Sydney Opal expands EMV coverage, next stop: Apple Pay Express Transit
Transport for NSW is expanding open loop EMV bank card support on the Opal transit fare system to include buses next month in addition to implementing Opal fare caps and […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - Transit
Tweets of the Week: Dear TfL please hurry up with that Apple Pay EMV Express Transit support
Some people are impatient. Especially at rush hour waiting behind iPhone users fumbling with Apple Pay Face/Touch ID authentication before going through crowded Transport for London (TfL) transit gates that […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments
Financial Times Dissin’ Japan again: The painful path of curing Japan of its cash addiction
The UK media has a thing about Japan. Japan must always be portrayed as ‘pathetic’. Pathetic losers, pathetically isolated, pathetically out of step, arrogant, etc. Does this make UK readers […]
EMV - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica
Pixel 3 Global NFC Evolution
Reader feedback and discussion from my earlier post analyzing the fuzzy state of iPhone 7 FeliCa and its possible support of Apple Pay Octopus, resulted in some interesting discussion about […]