A recent sudden surge of hits from Hong Kong accessing my December 2019 UWB Touchless Mobile FeliCa post seemed odd. I dug around and it appears that Hong Kong MTR, […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - CASHLESS - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC - QR Code Payments - Suica - Suica App - Transit
JR East eliminating 70% of ticket offices by 2025 in ticketless push
In the run-up to the June 27 Eki-Net reboot next month JR East released a nice looking PR release with the first 2 pages promoting a ticketless future. On page […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay Transit - Apple Watch - China T-Union - FeliCa - iPhone - Mobile Payments - NFC - Transit
Octopus 2.0
The Apple Pay Octopus launch in June 2020 marked the end of an era of Octopus as the exclusive Hong Kong MTR home grown transit platform, and the start of […]
Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - NFC - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit
SmartGo Staple: smart Mobile Suica solution for COVID era business travel
As more companies transition work style away from daily commuting to a central office to telework with direct business trips from home, there is less need for commuter passes but […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - Mobile Payments - NFC - Touchless - Transit
WWDC21 Apple Pay Wish List: new Wallet app
It’s that time of year again, to ponder the mysteries of Apple Pay, Wallet, PassKit and Core NFC in the next major iOS release. I wasn’t planning a list this […]
FeliCa - NFC-Felica - Smartwatch - Suica - Transit - Wena 3
Mobile Suica Lite
With the proliferation of wearables JR East has been busy adding new devices to Mobile Suica. A timeline: The first hardware standard for Mobile Suica was Osaifu Keitai first on […]