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The VISA JP Apple Pay announcement and digital banking wars

MacRumors Sami Fathi: Customers with Visa cards…will be able to add their card to their Wallet on iPhone and Apple Watch. Me: I like MacRumors but the writer here has […]

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Apple Pay + Wallet - CASHLESS - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments

BIC CAMERA VIEW Suica reward point math

If you use JR East regularly a BIC CAMERA VIEW card is the best investment you can make. So I was pleasantly surprised when the Crecolle (credit-kore) site posted a […]

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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 […]

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Riding 272km on 42km ICOCA fare

The ICOCA IC fare region extensions that went into effect March 13 have opened up some interesting transit possibilities. ICOCA has a 200km travel limit but the exit gate fare […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV - NFC

Sorry PRESTO but your open loop video is fake Express Transit

The Metrolinx PRESTO UP service started an open loop contactless payment pilot program this past week. It’s the first step for open loop support across the entire PRESTO fare system. […]

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iOS 14.5 Face ID impressions

It was just a year ago when iOS 13.5 introduced a small Face ID UI tweak that bypassed Face ID and went straight to the passcode entry screen but over […]

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