It’s interesting parsing app reviews that say ‘this app sucks’. How does it suck and why? As I’ve said before, the overwhelming negative App Store reviews for Suica App are […]
Mobile Transit
Apple Pay Navigo and open loop coming in 2024
Notice: Apple Pay Navigo launched 2024-05-21 After a long, long dance, Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) confirmed that Smart Navigo, the Paris region transit card for mobile will come to Apple Pay […]
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, […]
Mobile Transit
Contactless Payment Turf Wars: the Smart Navigo HCE power play
Notice: Apple Pay Navigo launched 2024-05-21 Don’t you love how big organizations play fast and loose with big concepts like Host Card Emulation? HCE was SimplyTapp created technology that Google […]
Apple - Mobile Payments
Ignore NFC reader logos, advice for using Apple Pay in Japan
After the October 21 launch of Apple Pay WAON and Apple Pay nanaco e-Money cards, I updated my Apple Pay Japan chart. All I did was add WAON and nanaco […]
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,” […]