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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The Apple Pay Code Payment + App Clip Connection
When the AliPay Apple Pay leak surfaced earlier this year the stock story was that Apple Pay must support AliPay and WeChat Pay if Apple Pay is to have any […]
Mobile Transit
Farewell FeliCa Octopus, save the last tap for me
The 2019~2020 Apple Pay Octopus launch saga made one thing was very clear: Octopus was living on borrowed time: Octopus Cards Limited (OCL) has been slow extending the service to […]
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iPhone SE too popular in Japan?
Yes, as crazy as that sounds, but according to Kenta Yamaguchi’s piece on ASCII that’s exactly what is happening. The point of his story is that starting today, second brand […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica
Suica UI tweaks in iOS 14/watchOS 7
As with every major iOS update the Apple Pay Suica UI gets a minor tweak or two. Sometimes they pan out, sometimes they don’t. The dynamic commute plan ‘Renew’ button […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - CASHLESS - Mobile Payments - NFC - QR Code Payments
Hama Pay adds dual NFC/QR as iOS 14 Apple Pay QR payments loom
The recent Bank of Yokohama Hama Pay app update created some buzz with the addition of an Apple Pay iD Prepaid card option. It’s similar to the Toyota Wallet approach: […]