Japanese tech journalist Satoru Nakayama who posted his experience of riding the Shanghai subway with an Apple Pay Express Transit China card loaded on his iPhone earlier, continues his Apple Pay […]
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Japan’s economic revival, the cash tax and the contactless payments boom
Anybody who has lived in Japan any length of time knows the economic reality here is rarely reported accurately in the western media. The worn out narratives of the ‘lost […]
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NTT Docomo and SMBC bury the hatchet…maybe…maybe not
It’s very strange that the JCB QUICPay network has gained the most benefit from the Apple Pay makeover of the Japanese contactless payments market instead of the Docomo iD network. […]
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New NFC Pay Readers for J Mups and CardNet
New NFC Pay / EMV contactless capable readers are being deployed on J Mups systems along with the necessary backend support for VISA / Mastercard / American Express / J Speedy […]
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Apple adds contactless student ID cards in Wallet
Apple hit the on switch for contactless student ID cards today. The press release has nice photos but is vague. There is much more detail on the Apple support doc Use […]
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Wallet NFC Passes and More Coming Later Today?
Apple is taking a very long time to refresh the Apple Pay Japan page with new iPhone related Apple Pay information. It may be a long shot but we could […]