I have to admit I’m a little confused about the brouhaha over the latest Mark Gurman rumor: “Apple is planning a new service that will let businesses accept payments directly […]
Apple Pay Transit - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments - Transit
Hidden Assumptions
Jonathan Seybold said it best in his Computer History Museum interview video, many arguments can be easily demolished by pulling out the hidden assumptions. In our attention span challenged social […]
Apple Pay Suica - Suica App
Deliciously timely iOS 15.4 Wallet and Mobile Suica day pass support
JR East announced 2 new features for Mobile Suica yesterday: day passes and student commuter pass online purchase and renewal support. Day passes are already available for plastic Suica, Mobile […]
Apple Pay Suica - SmartEX - EXPRESS
Mobile Suica as the default Japanese corporate transit card
After posting about the surprise rise of Mobile Suica payment use it occurred to me that I failed to take the corporate transit angle into consideration. COVID has been hard […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Mobile Payments
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, […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Help Desk
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 […]