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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - Help Desk - Mobile Payments - NFC - Suica - Transit

Tight pants and Face ID Express Transit fuckups

Express Transit is the best and most natural way of using Apple Pay. It first came to iPhone Wallet with Suica in 2016, expanding incrementally until finally going wide with […]

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Apple Pay Suica - Help Desk

Delete Suica from Apple Pay without a Japanese bank account

Stored value transit cards like Suica are different from branded credit • debit • prepaid cards issued by banks as the money is stored on the card itself (called the […]

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Apple Pay + Wallet - Help Desk

Help Desk: time to toss the teiki for Mobile Suica?

I’ve abandoned renewing my teiki in favor of just using the suica app on my phone. So much easier, I think it’s worth the money I’m saving by buying a […]

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Apple - iPhone - Public Service Announcement

NTT docomo iPhone Visual Voicemail problem (resolved)

A few months ago I noticed that my iPhone Visual Voicemail was not working reliably. Most of the time messages kicked into the standard NTT docomo dial-in messaging service (1417). […]

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Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Wallet - Apple Watch - Help Desk

Dealing with a lost Wallet

Yusuke Sakakura writes: As usual, I tried to get on the train using Apple Pay Suica at the ticket gate, but it didn’t respond at all and I got stuck. […]

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Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Help Desk - Suica - Transit

Suica App 3D Secure authorization for all non-Apple Pay in-app purchases

More fallout from the VISA JP Apple Pay agreement: JR East announced they will implement 3D Secure in iOS Suica App, requiring authorization for all non-Apple Pay in-app purchases. Suica […]

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