JR East already announced the end of Mobile Suica Shinkansen eTicket Service in March 2020 and is busy building a new eTicket system that will start April 1, 2020. This […]
Thoughts on iOS 13 Apple Pay Express Transit
The iOS 12 release in September 2018 was a rough one for Apple Pay Suica users. It brought new problems like random gate errors, and left old problems, like unresponsive […]
Remove Suica and other transit or e-Money cards from Wallet but not lose them
A reader question: What’s the process if I want to remove Suica card from Apple Pay Wallet but not lose the card? I plan to sell my phone but have […]
Suica Tops Contactless Use in Tokyo Area
Another market survey, another few data points. MoneyZine writers Hideyuki Kato and Isamu Saito report some interesting results of 2 different cashless use surveys. As I reported a year ago, […]
Apple Pay Suica on Apple Watch: First Impressions
Now that iOS 12.3 is out with great Apple Pay Suica performance and no more bugs, I have a new side project: Apple Pay Suica on Apple Watch. I moved […]
New Apple Pay Transit Support Page Jargon
iOS 12.3 might look like a minor update, but Apple Pay has gotten a major under the hood overhaul. It feels like Apple is pulling all the different NFC technology […]