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New York City subway riders will soon be able to utilize transit cards on iPhone

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Apple introduced support for dedicated transit cards in Apple Wallet around six years ago, and since then – it’s slowly expanded. In the US, you’re able to utilize transit cards in Apple Wallet with San Francisco’s Clipper card, Washington DC’s SmarTrip card, and Los Angeles’ TAP card. Canada’s PRESTO card supports Apple Wallet as well.

In due time, New York City’s OMNY card will join in on the fun of Apple Wallet integration, per the MTA.

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Norwegian app ‘Vipps’ is the first to support NFC wallet API on iPhone

Norwegian app 'Vipps' is the first to add NFC wallet feature to the iPhone

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust legislation compelled Apple to grant developers greater access to the iPhone’s NFC reader, and this change was implemented earlier this year with iOS 17.4. Now, the Norwegian payment platform “Vipps” has become the first to use the new API to let users pay with NFC directly from its iPhone app.

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Here’s how you can (and can’t) use Apple digital IDs in the real world

How Apple digital IDs work everything to know

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Support is live in select states for Apple Wallet to securely store driver’s licenses and state IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch. While there is excitement around the new feature, there are also a number of questions and concerns. Let’s dive into how Apple digital IDs work in the real world, where they’re available, where they’re accepted, and more.

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