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 This post is obsolete for reference only.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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SEIYU Stores finally add NFC payment support for Apple Pay Suica • PASMO
That didn’t take long. The announcement Walmart was selling majority control of SEIYU over to KKR and Rakuten was made November 16. And what was the first new management move? […]
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VISA Japan finally signs on with Apple Pay (Updated)
UPDATE 5/11/21Visa JP finally officially joined Apple Pay Japanese credit card otaku tweeted late last night that the Apple Pay Wallet animation started displaying VISA, which it never did until […]
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VISA Touch Transit Boutiques
VISA Japan announced VISA Touch support on Kyoto Tango Railway, most media outlets simply ran edited versions of the VISA Japan press release. The infrastructure uses a slightly modified stera […]
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Japan MIC in discussions with Apple for Wallet My Number Card Support
IT journalist Junya Suzuki posted an interesting “Pay Attention” column today regarding the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) plans for a digital version of My Number Card (Individual […]