It’s fitting that Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey is retiring this October because October 2026 marks the 10th anniversary launch of Apple Pay in Japan; a launch that changed the […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Taipei Metro EMV Apple Pay Express Mode
It’s been a few months since the July 1 2026 EMV open loop launch on all Taipei Metro gates. Apple Wallet offers Express Mode advice to visitors in the region: […]
Mobile Transit
Suica Renaissance MaaS confusion: Gotochi Mobile Suica vs Suica 2 in 1
One of the marketing jobs of Suica Renaissance is rebranding Suica from a transit card to a lifestyle card. Unfortunately there’s a lot of scattered Suica service baggage that doesn’t […]
Mobile Transit
Mobile Suica smartphone virtual gate…Reality vs PR fantasy
I purposely left the Suica Renaissance Mobile Suica only virtual gate feature, due in the mid-2030’s, off my Suica area unification post because…well the above graphic text says pretty much […]
Mobile Transit
Suica 2.0 Platform Closeup: achieving 100% Suica service coverage
Back in 2019 then JR East CEO Yūji Fukuzawa announced in a Sankei Newspaper interview that JR East would achieve 100% Suica service coverage by the end of FY 2021 […]
Apple
The Japanese iPhone X Pixel effect
When MacRumors reported that iPhone X was added to Apple’s obsolete product list, my first thought was good riddance. Most iPhone users outside of Japan don’t know about the iPhone […]