I"m pretty sure Oyster uses an NFC chip inside the card, I broke mine several times, and it is the same chip debit cards, smartphones and Apple watch have. Am I mistaken?
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MasterCard Offers Apple Pay Users Free Public Transit in London Starting Today
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I"m pretty sure Oyster uses an NFC chip inside the card, I broke mine several times, and it is the same chip debit cards, smartphones and Apple watch have. Am I mistaken?
I think everywhere is interested, but the laws and agreements are different everywhere. Eventually applepay will be available in all countries. In the US, not all banks are onboard just yet, I always thought if MasterCard approved, then all banks are approved. Apple must go to every bank directly (it appears to me that way) and have signed agreements.
Not at all-Oyster cards use a NFC chip. In terms of being "delayed" at the gate you can pre-authorise your phone/watch for 60 seconds before touching in/out.
I believe it's slightly faster on the Watch than the iPhone.
I can't imagine how slow this would be with people having to authenticate their payment in a busy turnstile environment. Not a good use case for Apple Pay.
What's wrong with Boston's subway system (ignoring the green line).
They're digging the tunnel for the London Tube under the Atlantic Ocean as we speak.
Free transit was also the method ISIS Mobile (The AT&T/Verizon etc joint venture - then rebranded Softcard after their name was used in the middle east) tried to get people on board with NFC mobile payments in Austin and Salt Lake. After the freebies stopped, people ultimately went back to how they were most comfortable paying and the ISIS/Softcard shutdown March 31 after who knows how many hundreds of millions were spent trying to get it going.
I use contactless and ApplePay in about equal amounts for my daily six-transaction commute and no longer use Oyster at all. It is slower than Oyster. By less than a tenth of a second as far as I can gauge it. Do you really think this will have a significant impact on the queues to get through turnstiles?
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There's nothing to authenticate, you can double-tap your side button before you approach the turnstile and then just touch and go! You should try it before you knock it. Anyone who gets annoyed by a tenth of a second delay needs to take a long hard look at themselves as others have pointed out above.
It's very clear in the article, MasterCard is paying for the promotion, so it is free for those that decide to take advantage. Not everything is a conspiracy.
They've been quoted as saying "early 2016". Think they've been too busy focusing on Android Pay/bPay bands!
Most Cities in the US do not have decent public transportation, that's why there are so many cars on the road.
I have a Halifax Mastercard credit card that I use on Apple Pay.
My Santander 123 credit card and Tesco Bank credit card use MasterCard. Similarly RBS/TSB/HSBC/NatWest/Lloyds also offer MasterCard credit cards.
I won't be in London to take advantage of this offer (unfortunately) but to earn 6% cash back on TfL using my 123 card whilst travelling for 'free' would be great.
I used my Apple watch on the Tube last time I was in London. It really couldn't be any easier. Click, touch, gates open, go.
Simples.
Simples.
Doubt away - its the Bank's that aren't adopting it, not Apple blocking it. Its to do with Bank's not wanting to dilute their per transaction charge further. Apple take a cut of that profit when Apple Pay is used.
This is only if you travel in Zone 1 (ie Central London). Not all trains go out to the suburbs. I commute in and my train is every 30 mins.