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08-26-2016, 01:01 PM
Apple is planning tap-to-pay for iPhones on trains in Japan
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Apple's march to be the way people pay for everything continues, with rumoured plans to allow people in Japan to tap their iPhones on buses and trains there.*
According to Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-25/apple-said-to-plan-iphone-for-japan-with-tap-to-pay-for-subways), Apple intends to include Sony's Felica RFID contactless chip in a future version of the iPhone.
Japan's de facto mobile wallet, Osaifu-Keitai, is powered by Felica, and works across the country's public transportation modes, as well as in convenience stores and fast food outlets.*
SEE ALSO: Android Pay launches in Asia starting with Singapore (http://mashable.com/2016/06/27/android-pay-singapore/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Japan's system started 10 years before (http://www.vodafone.com/business/article-vge-tokyo-drift-how-japan-leads-the-way-on-m-payments) Apple Pay was an**unced in 2014, and is so well-established that when Apple Pay came on the scene, the response in Japan was meh. People there were more concerned (http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/09/11/long-before-apple-pay-japan-had-mobile-wallet/) that iPhones wouldn't work with the 1.9 million Osaifu-Keitai readers around the country. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/apple-japan-tap-to-pay/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Nfc (http://mashable.com/category/nfc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Sony (http://mashable.com/category/sony/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Osaifu Keitai (http://mashable.com/category/osaifu-keitai/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Apple Pay (http://mashable.com/category/apple-pay/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/z3CyT0JMqVY
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Apple's march to be the way people pay for everything continues, with rumoured plans to allow people in Japan to tap their iPhones on buses and trains there.*
According to Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-25/apple-said-to-plan-iphone-for-japan-with-tap-to-pay-for-subways), Apple intends to include Sony's Felica RFID contactless chip in a future version of the iPhone.
Japan's de facto mobile wallet, Osaifu-Keitai, is powered by Felica, and works across the country's public transportation modes, as well as in convenience stores and fast food outlets.*
SEE ALSO: Android Pay launches in Asia starting with Singapore (http://mashable.com/2016/06/27/android-pay-singapore/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Japan's system started 10 years before (http://www.vodafone.com/business/article-vge-tokyo-drift-how-japan-leads-the-way-on-m-payments) Apple Pay was an**unced in 2014, and is so well-established that when Apple Pay came on the scene, the response in Japan was meh. People there were more concerned (http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/09/11/long-before-apple-pay-japan-had-mobile-wallet/) that iPhones wouldn't work with the 1.9 million Osaifu-Keitai readers around the country. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/apple-japan-tap-to-pay/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Nfc (http://mashable.com/category/nfc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Sony (http://mashable.com/category/sony/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Osaifu Keitai (http://mashable.com/category/osaifu-keitai/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Apple Pay (http://mashable.com/category/apple-pay/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/z3CyT0JMqVY