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

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. OMNY rollout Over the past five years or so, New York City has been phasing out its physically-swiping MetroCard system in favor of a new tap-to-pay system, dubbed OMNY. At first, the system only supported tap-to-pay with your own debit or credit card. It also supported express transit in Apple Wallet. However, in more recent years, they rolled out physical cards. This allows customers to reload a card up front, whether that be with cash or with a debit/credit card. This would also save you the hassle of having dozens of $2.90 transactions show u ... Read full article.