16:00~18:00 October 5, 2021 JSTApple Pay / iCloud system status updated to ‘outage resolved’ at 16:00 JST. Mobile Suica and Mobile PASMO Apple Pay services were also listed as ‘restored’ at 16:00 JST. As Apple Pay Suica and PASMO recharge started working again at 14:00 JST, the service outage was […]
FeliCa - Mobile Payments - Suica - Transit
Global NFC FitBit Sense and Versa 3
Who would have thought that team FitBit would beat team Pixel to the market with global NFC devices? That is what happened with the release of FitBit Sense and Versa 3, any device bought in any country can add and use Suica. FitBit Charge 4 was the first device to […]
SmartEX - EXPRESS - Suica - Transit
My JR-EAST mess
My JR-EAST, like a lot of JR East software services, is a nice idea, poorly implemented. It’s an attempt to unify scattered account login IDs for various JR East web services that evolved independently but need to work together as one in the mobile app era: Mobile Suica, JRE POINT, […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Suica - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - QR Code Payments - Suica
Japan mobile payment survey results
I gave the Twitter survey function a workout and asked 2 questions: Which Japanese mobile payment do you use most? Which Japanese reward points do you use most? The results are not surprising but come with many caveats: the survey sampling was puny, in English and pretty much limited to […]
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 App is convenient because it works hand in glove with Apple Pay and app registered Japanese issue credit cards, giving […]