Tsutsumu Ishikawa is probably Japan’s premier tech journalist who came up through the traditional print journalism of Nikkei, kind of like Walt Mossberg or Joanna Stern of WSJ. Ishikawa san […]
Apple - iPhone
iPhone X NFC Problem Holdouts
There are many iPhone X owners in Japan with the Suica NFC problem who are simply not aware of it for various reasons (and this blog is far too small […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit
Dynamic Apple Pay Wallet Cards in iOS 13?
Recent changes in iOS 12 Apple Pay Wallet are fascinating and unusual. iOS 12 started out with Apple Pay Suica Express Transit performance problems all over the place. By iOS […]
Apple - Apple Pay Transit - EMV
EMV Express Transit Missing in iOS 12.4 Public Beta 2
Developers reported that the iOS 12.3 EMV Express Transit feature was missing in iOS 12.4 beta 1. The feature is still missing in iOS 12.4 Public Beta 2 (16G5027i), stay […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments
NFC Tag Apple Pay Levels the Play Field with QR Codes
QR Codes has gotten a lot of hype in Japan, partly because merchants want to capture Chinese tourist money with AliPay and WeChat Pay, but also because the lower cost […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - PASMO - QR Code Payments - Suica
Suica Tops Contactless Use in Tokyo Area
Another market survey, another few data points. MoneyZine writers Hideyuki Kato and Isamu Saito report some interesting results of 2 different cashless use surveys. As I reported a year ago, […]