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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - China T-Union - FeliCa - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments - Suica

Octopus is Out of Time

Is this the last time? Just a few thoughts as iOS 13.5 closes in on what hopefully will be a late May delivery, also rumored to be the launch iOS […]

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QR Apple Pay Cards for iOS 14 Wallet?

UPDATE: No WWDC20 mention of AliPay for Apple Pay Wallet but there are code references in iOS 14 beta 2, also iOS 14 PassKit: WWDC20 details and developments here The […]

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Smartphone payments grow with Japan CASHLESS Rebate program

Good news: Japanese consumers are using less cash and more cashless payments. The winners are smartphone contactless apps like Mobile Suica (NFC) and PayPay (QR) which saw use rates grow […]

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Tokyo Cashless 2020: NFC Pay…are we there yet?

Tokyo Cashless 2020 is a periodic look at all things cashless as Japan gears up for the Tokyo Olympics event. If there is a topic you’d like covered, tweet @Kanjo […]

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5G Contactless Payments Part 1: Fast QR vs Ultra Wide Band enhanced Mobile FeliCa and MIFARE

Payment empire players envision a brave new world of 5G enhanced contactless payment solutions, seen in recent moves by JR East and other major Japanese transit companies to replace expensive […]

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Origami Pay folds into merpay

The overheated Japanese payments market kicked into consolidation mode with the Line Pay Pay Pay merger announcement last November. The next consolidation was announced today with the Origami Pay startup […]

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