So the EU is going ahead with ‘open NFC’ antitrust charges against Apple. As posted back in August 2020, the whole open vs closed debate is not easy to define. […]
MIFARE - Mobile Payments - Transit
Isn’t Oyster card supposed to be dead?
The BBC asks the question, yet again: “London’s Oyster card: Are its days numbered?” It’s no secret that Transport for London has been trying to get rid of Oyster ever […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Watch - Docomo - FeliCa - iPhone - MIFARE - Touchless
iOS 15 Apple Pay Wallet preview: the Express Mode difference
Express Transit Suica ruins the Apple Pay experience for using anything else. You want Apple Pay to work that way everywhere but it doesn’t. Most of the time we trudge […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - Apple Watch - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - iPhone - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - Suica - Touchless - Transit
UWB Touchless Express Transit and Apple Pay for iOS 15?
A recent sudden surge of hits from Hong Kong accessing my December 2019 UWB Touchless Mobile FeliCa post seemed odd. I dug around and it appears that Hong Kong MTR, […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - MIFARE - NFC - Transit
Apple Pay Clipper
UPDATE 4-15: Apple Pay Clipper launched April 15, digital card issue in Wallet and plastic card transfers are supported with matching real-time transit info in Apple Maps. Interesting details: (1) […]
Apple - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - iPhone - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - Transit
Dear Jane, we fucked up, sincerely MTA
The piecemeal MTA OMNY rollout is a lesson how not to do a transition from old system to new system. A case where poor design, poor management choices and unanticipated […]