JR East and Sony held an open demonstration of next generation Suica showing Mobile Suica Ultra-wideband (UWB) use in walk-through gates (JR East) and UWB touchless payments (Sony), taking place […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Dead Penguin: Suica 2026
What a Suica year. After all that pie in the sky 2024 Suica Renaissance marketing glitz, we should have known the ugly reality 2025 had in store for us when […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
New JR East teppay QR payment platform coming to Mobile Suica / PASMO Apps
JR East and PASMO announced a new payment platform called teppay that will be coming to Mobile Suica and Mobile PASMO starting in the fall of 2026. It builds on […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
JR East killing off Suica penguin character in 2026
2026 was supposed to be a celebration of all things Apple Pay Suica. Not only is 2026 the 25th anniversary of Suica and 20th anniversary of Mobile Suica, it’s also […]
Mobile Payments
Paying Japanese taxes with Apple Pay nanaco
The first year after leaving a steady income job for freelance or part-time work is always a challenge because you have to pay local taxes and national health insurance for […]
Mobile Payments
Kyodo ‘exclusive’ report claims some old FeliCa chips are vulnerable
The Kyodo News agency published a report on August 28 claiming that some types of FeliCa chips shipped before 2017 are vulnerable and may be tampered with for certain operations. […]