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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - iOS - iPhone - MIFARE - NFC-Felica - Suica

Dead HCE-F, Global NFC ≠ Global FeliCa, and Other NFC Confusion

NFC is a confusing name. It’s an upside down umbrella that catches every single naming convention connected with it: Type A, Type F, EMV, FeliCa, MIFARE, etc.  There are also […]

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Apple Pay Suica Inbound #7: No Foreign Transaction Fees

A reader comment after using Apple Pay Suica on his iPhone X: My trip is half over, and we’ve found Suica to be a huge advantage over the old method […]

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Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - iPad - iPhone - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit

Apple Pay Suica Inbound Battery Strategies

Google Pay doesn’t do Inbound and Apple Pay Suica remains the only digital wallet choice for inbound visitors to Japan who have a Global FeliCa iPhone or Apple Watch. One of […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - MIFARE - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit

Market Risks when Problems aren’t Fixed

Transit cards have one job: get the user through the ticket gate quickly and reliably every time, no questions asked. Because they are bullet proof, fast, highly reliable and also […]

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No iPhone X Suica Fix in iOS 11.4 Update

The iOS 11.4 Update has been released and does not mention any new Apple Pay Transit Cards. Of course iOS 11.4 does not fix the long running iPhone X Suica problem. […]

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Apple Pay Express Transit Mode and Security

Express Transit Mode, also called Express Mode, is one of the great Apple Pay features the debuted with Apple Pay Suica and is now available on other transit systems in […]

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