Apple to Bring Mobile Payments to Japan 12 Years After Docomo
- New iPhone to be compatible with Japan’s e-money payments
- Both Apple and Google are entering cashless payments in Japan
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Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 7 will be equipped with FeliCa in Japan, a tap-to-pay standard that could enable users to pay for mass-transit rides with their mobile phones.
The phone’s new operating system also will include a transit feature in the Maps app for Japan, the Cupertino, California-based company said Wednesday in a statement as it unveiled its latest iPhone models. Apple Pay, the company’s mobile payments system, will launch in Japan in October, the company said.