The success of Apple Pay lies in its consistent and well integrated UI that hides complexity from users. There are limitations however, and users are bumping up against them the more they use Apple Pay and the increasingly complex Wallet. This happens with fellow gaijin in Japan unfamiliar with the […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - Mobile Payments - NFC - Touchless - Transit
WWDC21 Apple Pay Wish List: new Wallet app
It’s that time of year again, to ponder the mysteries of Apple Pay, Wallet, PassKit and Core NFC in the next major iOS release. I wasn’t planning a list this year because all the things covered last year: UWB Touchless CarKey, QR Code Payments, etc., are still lurking in PassKit […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Transit - CASHLESS - Mobile Payments
Apple Pay Japan 2020 Wrap Up Wish List
A two word summary for people in a hurry: COVID and PASMO. As everybody in Japan knows at this point, COVID drove cashless payment use more than any government program could, or anything else for that matter. Cashless went from being the perennial ‘next big thing’ to first choice at […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - NFC tags - QR Code Payments
Apple Pay Contactless Adoption Outlook 4Q 2020
MacRumors posted an interesting comment Tim Cook made in the 4Q 2020 earnings call As you can imagine in this environment, people are less wont to hand over a card. Contactless payment has taken on a different level of adoption and I don’t think we’ll go back. The United States […]