2024-07-16: Apple Pay Presto has launched Examine the Where you can ride transit using Apple Pay support page and you’ll notice that some listed entries have an ‘*Express Mode supported’ […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV - FeliCa - MIFARE - NFC - NFC tags
Apple Platform Security May 2022: Tap to Pay on iPhone, Express Mode scare mongers and other fun
Ahh springtime, flowers and the annual Apple Platform Security (APS) update. This year’s version has many Apple Pay housekeeping changes. Previous versions put everything Apple Pay in a single section. […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Watch - EMV - FeliCa - iPhone - MIFARE - NFC - NFC tags
The Apple Pay monopoly debate part 1: context is everything
John Gruber did everyone a favor outlining some of the stakes at play in the remarkably glib, “Remarks by Executive Vice-President Vestager on the Statement of Objections sent to Apple […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - MIFARE - NFC
OMNY white-label card completes the EMV only OMNY system
After a long gestation, and a COVID related delay, the mighty swipe MetroCard replacement finally shipped. The OMNY card: a white-label EMV bank payment card using the mastercard payment network, […]
EMV - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica
Are Chinese manufactured PAX NFC readers a security risk?
Probably not, but the FBI Raids Chinese Point-of-Sale Giant PAX Technology report from Krebs on Security has some thrilling bits: “FBI and MI5 are conducting an intensive investigation into PAX,” […]
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. […]