Apple issued a press release outlining Tap to Pay on iPhone. Let’s examine it and figure out what’s going on behind the scenes. Jennifer Bailey has an expanded title: vice […]
2022 Japan mobile payments survey results: Mobile Suica tops the bunch
The Japanese contactless payments landscape has changed considerably since the 2016 launch of Apple Pay. It certainly was the Black Ship arrival turning point that Junya Suzuki predicted, contactless payments, […]
Help Desk: time to toss the teiki for Mobile Suica?
I’ve abandoned renewing my teiki in favor of just using the suica app on my phone. So much easier, I think it’s worth the money I’m saving by buying a […]
Dealing with a lost Wallet
Yusuke Sakakura writes: As usual, I tried to get on the train using Apple Pay Suica at the ticket gate, but it didn’t respond at all and I got stuck. […]
The Apple Pay whipping post
I suppose I should care about the latest ‘Apple Pay is evil’ brouhaha piece by CNBC “Apple is sticking taxpayers with part of the bill for rollout of tech giant’s […]
OMNY white-label card completes the EMV only OMNY system
After a long gestation, and a COVID related delay, the mighty swipe MetroCard replacement finally shipped. The OMNY card: a white-label EMV bank payment card using the mastercard payment network, […]