Sony announced the next generation FeliCa chip on September 8. Next generation FeliCa was mentioned in the September 2018 next generation Suica, aka Super Suica, press release. This is the […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - Apple Watch - CASHLESS - EMV - iPhone - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - NFC-Felica - PASMO - QR Code Payments - Suica - Suica App - Touchless
Apple Pay PASMO and the transit IC card rush to mobile
Mobile PASMO was announced in January 2020, launched on Android Osaifu Keitai in March and will land on Apple Pay with the iOS 14 update this fall. As early as […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - CASHLESS - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - PASMO - Suica - Suica App - Touchless - Transit
Road to Super Suica: cloud integration
Mobile Suica Shinkansen eTicket service via Suica App ended in March 2020, replaced by the cloud based JR East Eki-net Shinkansen eTicket service. Since Mobile Suica Shinkansen is gone and […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - FeliCa - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - Touchless
WWDC20 iOS 14 Apple Pay Wish List
I already outlined some iOS 14 Apple Pay possibilities regarding AliPay QR payments, UWB Touchless and Secure Element Certificates. iOS 14 AliPay QR support, if it comes, would be a […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - Apple Watch - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - iPhone - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - Suica - Touchless - Transit
The Contactless Tipping Point, Face ID Apple Pay and iPhone SE Reviews
Back in the different era of 2019, many journalists, both Japanese and gaijin, fretted about the Japanese fondness for hard cash and how things might change with the CASHLESS Rebate […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - Apple Watch - CASHLESS - Docomo - EMV - FeliCa - iPhone - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - Suica - Touchless - Transit
Rethinking Face ID in the Face Mask Touchless Era
When iPhone X came out in November 2017, IT journalist Tsutsumu Ishikawa named Suica the Apple Pay winner. What he really meant to say was that Suica Express Transit was […]