The BBC asks the question, yet again: “London’s Oyster card: Are its days numbered?” It’s no secret that Transport for London has been trying to get rid of Oyster ever […]
Mobile Payments
Global NFC FitBit Sense and Versa 3
Who would have thought that team FitBit would beat team Pixel to the market with global NFC devices? That is what happened with the release of FitBit Sense and Versa […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Watch - Docomo - FeliCa - iPhone - MIFARE - Touchless
iOS 15 Apple Pay Wallet preview: the Express Mode difference
Express Transit Suica ruins the Apple Pay experience for using anything else. You want Apple Pay to work that way everywhere but it doesn’t. Most of the time we trudge […]
SmartEX - EXPRESS - Suica - Transit
My JR-EAST mess
My JR-EAST, like a lot of JR East software services, is a nice idea, poorly implemented. It’s an attempt to unify scattered account login IDs for various JR East web […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - NFC - QR Code Payments - Touchless
‘Say Apple Pay’ is going away
The success of Apple Pay lies in its consistent and well integrated UI that hides complexity from users. There are limitations however, and users are bumping up against them the […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC
Instant digital issue apps for Apple Pay Edy, nanaco, WAON support?
Now that VISA JP finally signed with Apple Pay, what about the last holdouts: Edy, nanaco and WAON? These have been on Google Pay for some time but like all […]