Let me rephrase that: Global NFC Google Wallet will never happen because it depends on the device’s ability to run Osaifu Keitai apps. To which I’ll add: because Google can’t […]
Apple - Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Apple Pay Japan 5 Year Mark: All of This and Nothing
October is Apple Pay month in Japan. Today, October 21, we have the Apple Pay WAON and nanaco launch. October 2020 saw the Apple Pay PASMO launch ceremony attended by […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV - FeliCa - MIFARE - NFC
My Cousin Apple Pay
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. […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet
Apple rebrands Express Transit as Express Mode…forgets to tell iOS 15
When Apple revamped their USA Apple Pay page back in June with the Clipper launch, they rebranded Express Transit as Express Mode on a new and separate Wallet webpage. At […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV
The Apple Pay EMV Express Mode Security Trade-off
The Practical EMV Relay Protection paper authored by Andreea-Ina Radu, Tom Chothia, Christopher J.P. Newton, Ioana Boureanu and Liqun Chen, outlines a potential weakness with VISA cards when used with […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Watch - iPhone
Secrets of iOS 15 Apple Wallet
iOS 15 Wallet is deceptive. The first impression out of the box is that nothing has changed much. It looks the same, it works the same. It doesn’t help that […]