Express Cards on iOS/watchOS have a special place on the Apple Pay platform. First of all there are only 3: Suica was the first to appear with the Apple Pay Japan launch in October 2016. This is FeliCa technology. Beijing and Shanghai transit cards arrived with iOS 11.3 in March […]
Lawson launches first Apple Pay NFC contactless rewards card in Japan
Lawson Japan announced NFC contactless support for the popular Ponta rewards card operated by the Recruit Group starting nationwide on November 7. The Lawson press release explains that iOS 12/watch OS 5 users with FeliCa capable Apple devices: iPhone 7 (JP)/iPhone 8/iPhone X and later, Apple Watch 2 (JP)/Apple Watch 3 […]
Traveling abroad with Apple Pay NFC switching credit cards
Japanese tech journalist Satoru Nakayama who posted his experience of riding the Shanghai subway with an Apple Pay Express Transit China card loaded on his iPhone earlier, continues his Apple Pay NFC switching global travel adventures with trips to Taipei and London. His Apple Pay Rakuten Mastercard which uses the FeliCa […]
iOS 12 Suica bugs exacerbate iPhone X NFC problems and create confusion
iOS 12 Apple Pay Suica bugs are causing headaches for some users getting exchanges for iPhone X Suica problem devices (a NFC hardware problem across all iOS versions): users find they have the same Suica problems running iOS 12 (iOS 12.0 specific software bugs) on NFC hardware problem free Revision B […]
Apple adds contactless student ID cards in Wallet
Apple hit the on switch for contactless student ID cards today. The press release has nice photos but is vague. There is much more detail on the Apple support doc Use student ID cards in Wallet on your iPhone or Apple Watch. The most interesting detail is the device eligibility: iPhone 6 […]