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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Suica

The Big Google BGP Leak that Brought Down Apple Pay Suica and Much More

The big August 25 internet outage in Japan that Google apologized for was always a mystery. Nobody in the media explained what caused it. Yesterday I stumbled on the answer: […]

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Apple - iOS - iPhone - NFC-Felica

Inbound Apple Pay Suica #1 from Taiwan

It’s nice to know that Apple Watch Series 3  purchased in Taipei works fine with Suica. This global FeliCa thing is going to be fun. https://twitter.com/monosqu3/status/911167139792404480

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iPhone

Apple Pay Japan Adds Support for J/Speedy and Mastercard Contactless with NFC Pay…for Real

Notice: the information in this post has been superseded by Apple Pay Japan Card Guide Update 9/22: The TS Cubic Apple Pay announcement  was originally released September 20 then deleted. […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iOS - iPhone

JCB J/Speedy Comes to Apple Pay Japan…Again

Apple Pay J/Speedy has arrived…again. After being announced and quickly pulled by card issuer Toyota Finance Corp’s T-Cubic, Apple Pay J/Speedy has been announced this time by JCB. The press […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - iOS - iPhone

New Apple Pay features hidden in iOS 11

Japanese IT Journalist Junya Suzuki, the top journalist covering contactless payment tech in Japan published a new piece in Engadget Japan this morning and is very much worth your time if your […]

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Apple Pay + Wallet - iOS - iPhone

iPhone 8+iOS 11+Apple Pay Japan=NFC Nirvana 

It seems fitting that Japan could be the first country to achieve NFC nirvana: any smartphone or credit card from anywhere ‘just works’ for contactless payment. This is what the […]

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