The COVID crisis has changed many things, none more than public transit. As companies transition away from daily work commutes to teleworking at home with occasional trips to the office, […]
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2021 Outlook: Apple Pay Code Payments and Multi-Payment Wallet Cards
A happy new year to everybody. When reading Junya Suzuki’s year end Apple Pay and contactless history in Japan article, I was irritated by its ‘rah rah for open loop’ […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Transit - CASHLESS - Mobile Payments
Apple Pay Japan 2020 Wrap Up Wish List
A two word summary for people in a hurry: COVID and PASMO. As everybody in Japan knows at this point, COVID drove cashless payment use more than any government program […]
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Japan Cashless 2020 Retrospect
As we look back on 2020 there are 2 big divides: COVID and cashless. We suddenly found ourselves in a world where all human contact is conducted behind face masks […]
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Opal digital transit card trial for Apple Pay and Samsung Pay (obsolete)
Notice: The Opal Digital Card project was cancelled in 2022. This post is obsolete for reference only. NSW announced a public beta test for Opal digital card in October and […]
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Reader Question: what’s the point of Apple Pay My Suica?
A reader asked a very good question: what’s the point of an Apple Pay My Suica? Can’t you already migrate a normal ‘unregistered’ Suica to another device if you loose […]