The iOS 12.2 beta 3 developer release has some UI tweaks for Apple Pay Suica. It is a little less rough than previous beta versions but still has a curiously […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Mobile Payments
MerPay on Apple Pay
If you were hoping for a streamlined cashless payment roadmap for Japan, forget it. Things are just going to get more complex as various reward point ecosystems (Rakuten point, d-Point, […]
Apple Pay Suica - Mobile Payments - Suica - Transit
Welcome Suica
JR East announced a special plastic Suica card for inbound tourists called “Welcome Suica” that will be available from September 1, 2019 at major Tokyo area stations and JR East […]
Apple - Suica - Transit
Cloud Suica
You might think that JR East has installed Suica gates in every station but this is not the case: as of 2018 Suica is installed in roughly half of JR […]
Mobile Payments - QR Code Payments
It’s Baaaack
Now that PayPay has supposedly fixed all the security problems, and set some spending limits, they have have kicked off another 10 billion yen giveaway campaign that hopefully won’t melt […]
Maps
Google Maps Peeing Again? Reverse Vishing attacks reported in Asia
Google Maps is reportedly experiencing another security problem somewhat similar to the 2015 Map Maker debacle that allowed spammers, hackers and other merry makers to directly edit and wreak havoc […]