JR East and Docomo announced a new version of dBARAI app today one that hooks into Mobile Suica on Android to recharge with dPOINT or dBARAI account balance. Support on […]
Mobile Transit
2024: the year when Shinkansen eTickets go mainstream
Kenzy’s YouTube digests are wonderful little insights on mobile ticketing and transit trends from a real world transit user perspective. His latest makes a good case that 2024 is the […]
Mobile Payments
New Suica System to aid Noto Earthquake Evacuees
JR East announced they will distribute 18,000 Suica cards to all Noto Earthquake evacuees at all evacuation centers. The request came from Ishikawa Prefecture via the Japanese Digital Agency because […]
Mobile Payments
iOS 17.4 Apple Host Card Emulation
Apple has finally given their answer to EU demands (and now USA demands) for ‘open NFC’: Apple HCE (Host Card Emulation). Basically this means that any payment provider/developer in the […]
Mobile Transit
Is Mobile TOICA in the cards?
Now that we have Mobile Suica, Mobile PASMO and Mobile ICOCA that represent over 90% of Transit IC group card marketshare, most people assume that’s the end of the mobile […]
Mobile Payments
SimplyGo EZ-link identity crisis
It’s been an interesting week reading the negative reactions of Singapore transit users to the new SimplyGo EZ-Link. Social media was full of complaints that basically boiled down to: we […]