Mobile TOICA is launching March 17 for Android Osaifu Keitai. Apple Wallet support is coming “very soon”, shortly after if not the same day. It’s a little unclear but launch […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Dead Penguin: Suica 2026
What a Suica year. After all that pie in the sky 2024 Suica Renaissance marketing glitz, we should have known the ugly reality 2025 had in store for us when […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
New JR East teppay QR payment platform coming to Mobile Suica / PASMO Apps
JR East and PASMO announced a new payment platform called teppay that will be coming to Mobile Suica and Mobile PASMO starting in the fall of 2026. It builds on […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
JR East killing off Suica penguin character in 2026
2026 was supposed to be a celebration of all things Apple Pay Suica. Not only is 2026 the 25th anniversary of Suica and 20th anniversary of Mobile Suica, it’s also […]
Mobile Transit
JR Group online ticketing destination: collaboration, not integration
The recent JR Group announcement (JR East, JR Central, JR West, JR Kyushu) that their separate online ticket reservation systems (Eki-Net, EX, e5984, JR KYUSHU Train Reservation) would finally start […]
Mobile Transit
Different expansion strategies for JR East Suica and JR West ICOCA
Sometimes there are advantages in being late to a party. JR East Suica and JR West ICOCA are following different regional service expansion strategies with JR West leveraging their late […]