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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - CASHLESS - EMV - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - Transit

Blame the Apple Pay Ventra delay on open loop

Washington DC SmarTrip and Greater Los Angeles TAP transit cards both launched on Apple Pay the first week of September within days of each other. They upstaged Apple Pay Ventra […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - Apple Watch - CASHLESS - EMV - iPhone - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - NFC-Felica - PASMO - QR Code Payments - Suica - Suica App - Touchless

Apple Pay PASMO and the transit IC card rush to mobile

Mobile PASMO was announced in January 2020, launched on Android Osaifu Keitai in March and will land on Apple Pay with the iOS 14 update this fall. As early as […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - QR Code Payments

Japan Cashless X-Day

Now that the CASHLESS Rebate program is over with transaction rates reportedly going back to ‘normal’ (an estimated 1% rise over rebate program rates), JP media outlets report that some […]

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Apple - EMV - FeliCa - MIFARE - NFC - NFC tags

iOS 14 App Clips unlock the power of NFC background tags

We first got a taste of iOS 14 App Clips with the slick Titanium Apple Card setup that leverages the NFC background tag reading ability, now called NFC with reader […]

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Apple - Apple Pay Transit - iPhone - MIFARE - Transit

Apple Pay Express Transit Mode Tips

As of May 2022, Express Mode can be used with 10 transit networks: Japan (Suica, PASMO and compatible transit nationwide), China (Beijing, Shanghai and China T-Union), Hong Kong (Octopus), United […]

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Apple - Apple Pay Octopus - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - Transit

Next Up for Octopus: Google Pay or something else?

Apple Pay Octopus launch day was a big success, so successful that Octopus apologized for their servers buckling under the demand. What’s next for Octopus, Google Pay? There are some […]

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