The Council of Anti-Phishing Japan has issued a warning of email phishing scams targeting JR East Mobile Suica, Eki-Net and VIEW credit card user accounts, following earlier warnings posted on […]
iOS 15.4 Face ID with a mask restores the Apple Pay Suica Express Transit experience
The iOS 15.4 update is out. The biggest feature by far is Use Face ID with a Mask. It makes daily iPhone use a much better experience for those wearing […]
The Weekly
2022-03-14 Spring Cleaning Mobile Suica App Day PassesAs promised Mobile Suica added day passes starting March 12. These are digital versions of the 4 day passes available for plastic Suica […]
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 […]
The PASPY thing
PASPY announced today that PASPY transit IC card service ends March 2025. The official replacement has been announced, billed as the “the fist Account Based Ticketing system in Japan” (yeah […]
The digital wallet service suspension front line
That was quick. When I made the above table for mobile wallet chokepoint, there was no indication we’d get EMV confirmation so quickly. Many were quick to applaud sanctions against […]