It’s interesting being back in America, somehow I envisioned Apple Pay availability being the same as it is in Tokyo. It’s not, at least not in Salt Lake City. The […]
MIA Google Pay Suica
The Android Police “Google Pay v1.57 prepares support for Suica” news didn’t generate much interest in Japan. Osaifu-Keitai e-wallet service has been around since 2004 on NTT Docomo phones. All […]
EZ-Link Apple Pay
This means 2 things: Credit cards make lousy transit cards which we already knew EZ-Link has settled on being just a transit card instead of a transit platform UPDATE Reader reports […]
VISA Japan Shoots Itself in the Foot Refusing Apple Pay
What a difference a year of Apple Pay Japan makes. I went to the local Docomo shop yesterday to help a friend move his au iPhone 6 to a Docomo […]
Another Contactless Payment System Again
A sharp reader pointed out that in my previous post the PiTaPa NFC reader is a Panasonic JT-R550CR which is Global NFC A-B-F ready and capable of handling everything FeliCa and EMV contactless. […]
Have Another Contactless Payment System
In Nagoya and Osaka you sometimes run into a contactless payment hardware jungle cluttering up the check out counter like the picture above. Let’s see, we have a J-MUPS reader covering basic […]
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