It’s that time of year again, to ponder the mysteries of Apple Pay, Wallet, PassKit and Core NFC in the next major iOS release. I wasn’t planning a list this […]
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The truth is in the tap
The Nankai Visa Touch test launch launched endless Twitter discussions about slow EMV contactless tap speeds and performance issues compared with Suica and other Transit IC cards. EMV contactless transit […]
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Is Suica ‘all-in-one’ possible?
Now that Suica 2 in 1 Region Affiliate transit cards are out, it’s time to examine the question that Yanik Magnan posed in his limitless possibility podcast: is Suica all-in-one […]
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A great reality check
I was pleasantly surprised to find some hits coming from a website called limitless possibility, followed the link and discovered a great podcast by Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan on […]
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Open Loop, QR and transit privacy
In 2013 JR East faced a crisis over selling Suica ridership pattern data analysis to Hitachi. The Suica data was stripped of personal information and was used to analyze popular […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Suica - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC - QR Code Payments
The Wireless Android POS/NFC Reader Suck Index
Now that contactless is everywhere, wireless contactless readers have become very fashionable and popular. Nobody wants wires or checkout lines. All of these systems are built around an Android based […]