ZDNet reports that Victoria is going to test native MIFARE based Mobile Myki on Android devices before rolling out the service in 2019. It sounds like a good plan, staying […]
Google Pay Bellyflops in Japan
That didn’t take long. No sooner had Google Pay landed in Japan when Android users without JP carrier locked Osaifu-Keitai phones noticed they weren’t invited to the FeliCa party and […]
Why Americans aren’t using their phones to make payments in stores
Yes folks, yet another China is beating out the U.S. on mobile payments story based on quotes from Wall Street market analysts. Yahoo Financial reporter Krystal Hu stitches together a […]
Muddled WWDC18 Apple Pay Rumors
The Information article quoted in reports by 9to5 Mac and Apple Insider is a strange piece. It reads like the reporters don’t know if they are writing about hardware or software. Their […]
Yes, EMV Contactless Sucks for Transit
It’s fascinating that Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) dumped the fast FeliCa (rated 200 millisecond transaction but Octopus clocks in at around 100ms) behind EZ-Link cards to roll their own faster […]
Japan Transit IC Card Daily Transactions Top 7 Million
The Japan Transit IC Card Association announced that daily Transit IC card e-money transactions, which include e-money purchases with plastic transit cards, Apple Pay Suica and Mobile Suica, have topped […]
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