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Title: News: Apple to add payment technology to iPhone for transit passes, Apple Pay in Japan Post by: HCK on August 26, 2016, 04:05:25 pm News: Apple to add payment technology to iPhone for transit passes, Apple Pay in Japan
Apple is planning to release new technology in the next generation iPhone that will support mobile payments and tap-to-pay for transit in Japan, Bloomberg reports. While most countries use payment terminals compatible with the NFC standard already used by Apple Pay in current iPhone models, Japanese systems use a Sony-designed technology known as FeliCa. Sources reveal that Apple plans to include this hardware technology in the next-generation iPhone,… Source: News: Apple to add payment technology to iPhone for transit passes, Apple Pay in Japan (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-adding-japanese-payment-technology-for-transit-passes-apple-pay) |