UPDATE: Hong Kong OCL officially announced Apple Pay Octopus One downside of breaking a tech story on the internet is news aggregator sites. Responsible tech news sites like MacRumors and […]
Apple Pay Octopus Launching in Hong Kong with iOS 13 and Apple Maps Transit Integration
Notice: this post is from June 2019, Apple Pay Octopus launched June 2 2020, latest service launch details here Hong Kong iPhone users have waited eagerly for the ubiquitous Octopus […]
Visa Japan Finally Ready to Sign on to Apple Pay Japan?
IT journalist Junya Suzuki was answering a question of mine regarding dual mode (EMV/FeliCa) credit/debit cards which are somewhat mainstream, even on Docomo dCard, but the plastic issue Sumi Trust […]
Apple Pay Suica Shinkansen 2023
Suica is the only transit card in the world on mobile that covers both high-speed rail and regular transit. Apple Pay Suica can be used for eTicket Shinkansen travel on […]
myki transit card expanding to Apple Pay…not
The Open Loop lovin’ NFC Times (paywall) reports that with the successful launch of myki on Google Pay, Public Transport Victoria (PVT) has allocated 1 million AUD to expand the […]
EMV Express Transit Option Returns in iOS 12.4 Public beta 4
The temporary absence of EMV Express Transit in iOS 12.4 betas 1~3 has ended, the option has finally returned in iOS 12.4 public beta 4 (16G5046d). OMNY users in New […]