Apple Pay is coming soon to Hong Kong’s Octopus transit card system

Apple’s mobile payment service is coming to Hong Kong’s pop Octopus cash transit cards.

Based on the FeliCa standard, Octopus industrial plant amongst Apple Watch as well as iPhone seven or newer.

Apple customers inwards Hong Kong volition presently hold out able to add together their Octopus menu to the Wallet app as well as purpose it for contactless transit as well as retail payments amongst Apple Pay as well as iOS xiii inwards the fall. And thank you lot to iOS’s Express Transit integration which bypasses the park Face/Touch ID authentication requirements, customers volition hold out able to pay amongst their Octopus menu inwards the Wallet app without authenticating, exactly past times tapping their device on a nearby NFC terminal.

A statement from Octopus makes the intelligence official:

Committed to providing innovative Octopus payment services to come across customers’ various payment needs, Octopus Cards Limited is excited to denote that customers volition hold out able to purpose their Octopus on their iPhone or Apple Watch for transit as well as retail payment amongst Apple Pay subsequently this year. More details volition hold out shared soon.

Octopus used to hold out express to Milky Way handsets due to an exclusivity understanding amongst Samsung.

Octopus is accepted inwards subways, buses, trams, ferries, supermarkets, pharmacies, vending machines, java shops as well as numerous other locations. The reloadable electronic payment solution debuted dorsum inwards 1997 equally a tap-to-pay physical menu earlier expanding to smartphones amongst Smart Octopus for Samsung Pay inwards 2017.

As for Apple’s Express Transit, it’s currently available inwards Japan, Beijing, Shanghai as well as parts of New York City though the characteristic is idea to presently larn out available to customers inwards London.

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