If you are familiar with the Japan Transit IC card system that started with Suica and grew from there, you might know the other major cards like JR West ICOCA […]
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Financial Times Dissin’ Japan again: The painful path of curing Japan of its cash addiction
The UK media has a thing about Japan. Japan must always be portrayed as ‘pathetic’. Pathetic losers, pathetically isolated, pathetically out of step, arrogant, etc. Does this make UK readers […]
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Apple Pay Suica Needs a Inbound PR Campaign, in English
Apple Pay Suica Inbound first time user experiences are endlessly fascinating and educational. What’s obvious and works for people who live in Tokyo, isn’t the case for visitors. The Cup […]
EMV - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica
Pixel 3 Global NFC Evolution
Reader feedback and discussion from my earlier post analyzing the fuzzy state of iPhone 7 FeliCa and its possible support of Apple Pay Octopus, resulted in some interesting discussion about […]
Apple Pay Octopus - NFC - NFC-Felica
iOS 13 b4 Hong Kong Wallet now mentions ‘Travel Cards’
Apple has not yet officially announced Apple Pay Octopus but the latest iOS 13 beta (developer beta 4/public beta 3) now mentions ‘travel cards’ and ‘public transport’ in the Wallet […]
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The Mystery of Apple Pay Octopus and iPhone 7 FeliCa Support
There are a few remaining fuzzy spots in the Apple Pay Octopus saga. The story I broke back in December from trusted sources clearly had a Chinese New Year release […]