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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Docomo - EMV

VISA Japan Shoots Itself in the Foot Refusing Apple Pay

What a difference a year of Apple Pay Japan makes. I went to the local Docomo shop yesterday to help a friend move his au iPhone 6 to a Docomo […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - NFC-Felica

Another Contactless Payment System Again

A sharp reader pointed out that in my previous post the PiTaPa NFC reader is a Panasonic JT-R550CR which is Global NFC A-B-F ready and capable of handling everything FeliCa and EMV contactless. […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - NFC-Felica

Have Another Contactless Payment System

In Nagoya and Osaka you sometimes run into a contactless payment hardware jungle cluttering up the check out counter like the picture above. Let’s see, we have a J-MUPS reader covering basic […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - iOS - iPhone - NFC-Felica

Why VISA Refuses to Join Apple Pay Japan

UPDATE 5-11-21VISA Japan finally signed on with Apple Pay Apple Pay Wallet has an interesting animation that shows you exactly which card brands are supported in the selected region. The […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV - NFC-Felica

Supply Chain Risk

Now that President Trump stuck a national security fork into it and ended Broadcom’s hostile bid for Qualcomm, it’s a good time to put politics aside for the moment and […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV - iOS

McDonalds Japan Finally Activates NFC Pay on March 13

A year after McDonald’s Japan announced full global NFC support the final piece of the contactless payment puzzle falls into place on March 13 when they activate NFC Pay contactless payments […]

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