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iPhone to replace Suica (transport tap-to-pay card) in Tokyo?
The Near Field Communication technology powering Apple’s mobile-payments service, Apple Pay, is prevalent in North America, Europe and Australia, but the FeliCa standard dominates Japan with a penetration of 1.9 million payment terminals, according to the Bank of Japan.
According to Bloomberg Apple is planning to itegrate iPhone with Sony's FeliCa chip to use as a payment method for transport in Japan.
Discussion
That would be awesome. One device that can do anything. no more bulky wallet full of access card or membership payment card etc.