Tokyo Disneyland goes FeliCa today accepting Suica, iD and QUICPay payments at shops, restaurants and hotels. Apple Pay Japanese users can now keep wallets closed and still get fleeced. It […]
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 […]
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 […]
Japan’s economic revival, the cash tax and the contactless payments boom
Anybody who has lived in Japan any length of time knows the economic reality here is rarely reported accurately in the western media. The worn out narratives of the ‘lost […]
NTT Docomo and SMBC bury the hatchet…maybe…maybe not
It’s very strange that the JCB QUICPay network has gained the most benefit from the Apple Pay makeover of the Japanese contactless payments market instead of the Docomo iD network. […]
New NFC Pay Readers for J Mups and CardNet
New NFC Pay / EMV contactless capable readers are being deployed on J Mups systems along with the necessary backend support for VISA / Mastercard / American Express / J Speedy […]
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