Apple Pay Express Transit arrived on the Transport for London system over the weekend, some 6 months after it was announced. The other 2 remaining Apple Pay Transit cards announced […]
Fields of Dreams: the endlessly looping open loop vs closed loop transit debate
MacRumors reported that Apple Pay Express Transit support is finally arriving, bit by bit, on the TfL system after being announced back in May. I only noticed the piece because […]
Toyota Wallet: if there must be another Japanese Wallet app, please let it be this
As I have pointed out countless times on this blog, Apple Pay Suica is one of the best Apple Pay services that Apple has hosted on its platform so far. […]
Visa Japan signs with Google Pay
Visa Japan finally officially signed with a digital wallet platform and it is Google Pay. As expected it comes with a price: no FeliCa support, no dual mode support, nada, […]
What does ‘open’ Apple Pay NFC really mean?
IntroThe Apple Pay monopoly debate is a long complex saga with recent developments. The EU finally issued an official complaint regarding Apple’s so called ‘closed’ NFC, with PayPal playing a […]
Of Course Apple Pay is Bigger Than In-App Payments! Now that NFC POS systems actually work…in America
It was just a year ago that eMarketer made a big splash on Apple tech news sites with their Starbucks app is bigger than Apple Pay report: Retailers are increasingly […]