It’s nice that NXP and FeliCa Networks (all things FeliCa mobile owned by Sony, Docomo and JR East) have collaborated on putting EMV, FeliCa and MIFARE on one chip. The […]
Taiwan EasyCard lands on Samsung Pay
Back in August 2018 when the Taiwanese Representative Office in Tokyo announced that EasyCard and iPass would accept credit card recharge starting in October, I suspected backend support was being […]
Why Apple Pay Suica is a success and Apple Maps is not
Inbound Apple Pay Suica user experiences are endlessly fascinating and occasionally enlightening. This tweet video captures the usual ‘whoa, that’s fast’ first time reaction. The responses are equally interesting with […]
iOS 12 Apple Pay Wallet pulled a MIFARE and nobody noticed
iOS 12 Apple Pay Wallet pulled a MIFARE on us and nobody noticed
PAYGATE Station Android based smart payment reader
It’s rather unusual that a company would hold a press conference for a payment terminal but Daiwa House Group subsidiary Royal Gate Inc did just that last week for their […]
Traveling abroad with Apple Pay NFC switching credit cards
Japanese tech journalist Satoru Nakayama who posted his experience of riding the Shanghai subway with an Apple Pay Express Transit China card loaded on his iPhone earlier, continues his Apple Pay […]