When the AliPay Apple Pay leak surfaced earlier this year the stock story was that Apple Pay must support AliPay and WeChat Pay if Apple Pay is to have any […]
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iPhone SE too popular in Japan?
Yes, as crazy as that sounds, but according to Kenta Yamaguchi’s piece on ASCII that’s exactly what is happening. The point of his story is that starting today, second brand […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - Apple Watch - CASHLESS - EMV - iPhone - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - NFC-Felica - PASMO - QR Code Payments - Suica - Suica App - Touchless
Apple Pay PASMO and the transit IC card rush to mobile
Mobile PASMO was announced in January 2020, launched on Android Osaifu Keitai in March and will land on Apple Pay with the iOS 14 update this fall. As early as […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - CASHLESS - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - PASMO - Suica - Suica App - Touchless - Transit
Road to Super Suica: cloud integration
Mobile Suica Shinkansen eTicket service via Suica App ended in March 2020, replaced by the cloud based JR East Eki-net Shinkansen eTicket service. Since Mobile Suica Shinkansen is gone and […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - QR Code Payments
Japan Cashless X-Day
Now that the CASHLESS Rebate program is over with transaction rates reportedly going back to ‘normal’ (an estimated 1% rise over rebate program rates), JP media outlets report that some […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - CASHLESS - Mobile Payments - NFC tags
My Number Point Part 1 (obsolete)
2022-06-30 UPDATE: The original My Number Point program is over, replaced by My Number Point Program 2 that started June 30, 2022 and runs through the end of February 2023. […]