It’s exactly a year since the Hong Kong Smart Octopus card launched on Samsung Pay. And just like last year, rumors are flying again before a launch, this time on Apple Pay. We will know in the next few weeks. It may arrive in tandem with a iOS 12.x update though […]
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Apple Pay Japan Market Info Update December 2018
The Bank of Japan posted presentation material from the 7th FinTech Forum held November 30. The Rakuten presentation has some contactless payment market data for Japan that is worth a look. Year over year contactless payments use in the first slide basically covers the same period of the MMD Labo […]
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iOS 12.1.1 Suica Express Transit Performance
Apple has never issued an iOS update that specifically mentions Suica or Express Transit Card performance, so each update becomes a guessing game of what’s fixed and what’s not. iOS 12.1.1 was released December 6 in Japan and there has been very little mention of Suica performance on Twitter. Not […]
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iOS 12 Apple Pay Wallet pulled a MIFARE and nobody noticed
iOS 12 Apple Pay Wallet pulled a MIFARE on us and nobody noticed
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Apple Wallet Ponta contactless rewards card at LAWSON
The Ponta rewards card for Apple Wallet launched at LAWSON Japan right on schedule and without a hitch. iOS 12/watch OS 5 users with any Apple Pay capable device: iPhone 6 and later, Apple Watch Series 1 and later can add the Ponta rewards card operated by the Recruit Group to Apple Wallet and automatically […]