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Apple Pay for Transit: Now Accepted in Singapore, NYC Testing Soon, Chicago and Portland to Integrate Fare Cards

Apple Pay (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-pay/) is launching or gaining expanded functionality at transit systems in additional cities throughout 2019, starting with Singapore (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207958) today followed by Chicago, Portland, and New York City later this year.





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<!---->Apple Pay<!----> is now accepted on all forms of public transit that accept Mastercard credit and debit cards in Singapore, including buses and trains, enabling convenient tap-to-pay functionality with an iPhone or Apple Watch (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-watch/). Singapore's transit agency expects to add support for Visa cards (https://simplygo.transitlink.com.sg/FAQs) in the second half of 2019.





New York City will pilot <!---->Apple Pay<!----> on a couple of lines this spring and then roll out the functionality to additional lines throughout the rest of the year, according to TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/28/how-apple-card-works/)'s Matthew Panzarino. The MTA appears to already be in the process of installing contactless card readers at turnstiles, with a test phase "coming soon."





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Chicago's and Portland's transit systems already accept <!---->Apple Pay<!---->, but CTA and TriMet riders will be able to add their preloaded Ventra and Hop fare cards to the Wallet app later this year and take advantage of pre-tax commuter benefits, according to the Chicago Tribune (https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-biz-apple-ventra-cta-20190325-story.html) and the Willamette Week (https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/03/25/portlanders-can-load-trimet-hop-cards-on-their-iphone-and-apple-watch-starting-this-spring/).





The payment process is similar to using <!---->Apple Pay<!----> in stores. Depending on the iPhone, that means double-pressing the home button or side button, authenticating with Touch ID (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/touch-id/) or Face ID, and holding the iPhone near the card reader. <!---->Apple Watch<!----> payments are also activated by double-pressing the side button.





The blog Ata Distance suggests (https://atadistance.net/category/apple-pay-transit/) that Ventra and Hop cards will support Express Transit (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208539), meaning that riders won't need to authenticate with Face ID, <!---->Touch ID<!---->, or a passcode, and won't need to wake or unlock their device, to pay. Express Transit is currently limited to transit systems in China and Japan.





Singapore and New York City would join a handful of cities with transit systems that already support <!---->Apple Pay<!---->, including Chicago and Portland as mentioned, Beijing, Shanghai, London, Tokyo, Moscow, and Vancouver, Canada.





(Thanks, Chris!)

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