My predictions for SmartEX and more transit cards joining Apple Pay did not materialize. My mistake was assuming the other transit card companies had, or could build, a cloud service […]
More inbound Apple Pay Suica #3
Apple Pay Suica inbound is happening faster and going to bigger than anyone expected. Apple will sell lots of new global FeliCa iPhones because of it.
Travel Back to 2007 with SmartEX (U)
SmartEX a new e-ticket reservation/purchase service from JR Central and JR West for Shinkansen travel between Fukuoka and Tokyo. The service starts September 30. Here is a quick summary. The […]
All the Proof You Need that Apple Pay Suica is Changing Everything
Here is a Japanese secret: men don’t make a hit product. All those geeky guys who lined up at the Omotesando SoftBank store in 2008 to buy iPhone 3G didn’t mean […]
Oh, a New Apple Pay Suica Campaign
This one is for Apple Pay Suica commuter passes, a first. The catch copy reads: You knew that with Apple Pay you don’t have to line up anymore, right? […]
Apple’s 3rd Revolution: Japan the Front Line for iOS 11 Apple Pay and Global NFC
To understand Apple’s 3rd revolution let’s start at ground zero, the NFC Forum Tokyo meeting in July 2016 where JR East dropped the Suica bomb and explained the NFC normalization […]
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