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Apple Pay to support public transport payments in Korea
Apple users will finally be able to use their phones and watches to pay for public transportation services in Korea, the country’s transit authorities announced Monday.
Apple users will finally be able to use their phones and watches to pay for public transportation services in Korea, transit officials announced Monday. Transit card operators cited the difficulty of upgrading to EMV contactless terminals — the payment standard adopted by Apple — and the fees they must pay to the U.S. tech giant as some of the challenges they faced incorporating Apple Pay into their services. Passengers who’ve installed the Tmoney mobile app and enabled Bluetooth on their smartphone will have their payments processed automatically upon boarding and exiting the bus.
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