JR Central/JR West/JR Kyushu issued a joint PR release that JR Central’s EX Shinkansen eTicket system, encompassing both EXPress Reservation and smartEX services, will be adding JR Kyushu Hakata~Kagomashima Shinkansen […]
Apple - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay Suica - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - NFC-Felica - Suica
No global NFC evolution for Pixel 4?
iFixit posted a teardown of the Pixel 4 and we have a new NFC chip: STMicroelectronics ST54J NFC controller. This replaces the NXP PN81 used in Pixel 3 but still […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay Transit - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - Suica App
Suica and Octopus Compared
Hong Kong’s Octopus is coming to Apple Pay soon, it shares the same FeliCa technology base with Suica but there are some interesting differences. BrandingThe mobile version of Suica is […]
Apple - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay Transit - NFC-Felica
Apple Pay Octopus close to launch…or maybe not (obsolete)
UPDATE: Apple Pay Octopus launched June 2 In the on, off, on again Octopus Cards Limited relationship with Apple Pay, predicting a service launch is risky business. The last reliable […]
Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - Suica
Pixel 4 goes cheap instead of deep
As I tweeted earlier today, the updated Pixel Phone Help hardware pages tell the whole story: if you purchased your Pixel 4, 3a or 3 phone in Japan, a FeliCa […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments - Suica
The JAPAN CASHLESS Rebate Day 6: Rebate Mana
2% and 5% CASHLESS rebates are processed and paid out at the end of each month. So I was a little surprised last night when I opened JRE POINT app, […]