NFC payment technology allows us to make payments from our terminal easily and in a much faster way than before. Most terminals with NFC allow us to add applications and services to be able to quickly pay for the metro, bus, newspaper, a soft drink in a vending machine ... but when it comes to introducing tickets that allow us to use the metro, bus or In general, public transport changes a lot, since it is currently impossible to do so. But that will change in the next iPhone model as Apple plans to add the Felica payment system that allows you to add this type of transport tickets in addition to making payments on them.
According to Bloomberg, and citing sources related to the negotiations, the Cupertino-based company is trying to reach some type of agreement that allows you to integrate the Felica system into your terminals. Felina has been developed by Sony and allows you to make payments on public transport s in Japan quickly. Without finally Apple adding support for this function, its customers will be able to use it to access the country's transport services, a widely used transport system due to the overcrowding of the main cities.
Felica has become the usual form of payment in Japan and has almost 2 million compatible terminals throughout the country, which cover the different transport companies operating in the country. Apple wants to reach an agreement with all of them to expand the compatibility offer of this service with their devices. But Felica is not only used to add public transport bonds, but also allows it to be used to carry out transactions with economic, hence the interest of the company in this service, since currently Japan is the third country in the world with the highest income. generating in Apple through the different stores after China and the United States.
