John Gruber did everyone a favor outlining some of the stakes at play in the remarkably glib, “Remarks by Executive Vice-President Vestager on the Statement of Objections sent to Apple […]
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VISA Japan and Apple still at odds over VISA Touch debit cards
The April 19 launch of SBI Neobank Mastercard debit card support for Apple Pay was a bit unique: the first time that a plastic issue Japanese debit card came to […]
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USA transit fare system evolution
Reece Martin posted an interesting video, So you built the wrong transit system, that examines the American penchant for building cheap light rail systems that don’t make long term sense. […]
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Tight pants and Face ID Express Transit fuckups
Express Transit is the best and most natural way of using Apple Pay. It first came to iPhone Wallet with Suica in 2016, expanding incrementally until finally going wide with […]
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Super Suica Cloud
A Japanese friend once told me that when Suica first came out, young people in Tokyo sent Suica cards to hometown families to use for coming to Tokyo. But parents […]
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Google Pay PASMO
Notice: Google Pay PASMO launched 2022-09-28 (with some limitations) Google Pay added Suica with a burst of fanfare in May 2018 that quickly soured when it became clear that Google […]