Apple and the NFC Forum are bringing contactless payments to public transit
Live in a stateside metro with a robust public transit system and upset you can’t use NFC in lieu of a physical ticket? Apple shares your frustration. On Wednesday, the NFC Forum, an industry lobbying group which Apple joined last August, announced a collaboration with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) to hasten the move from paper bus, subway, and railway passes to thenear-field communication(NFC) technologies found in the iPhone 6S, Apple Watch, and hundreds of other popular mobile devices....