The Apple support pages for adding transit cards and e-Money cards has a completely new updated section for transferring cards to a new iPhone: iOS 17 Setup Assistant automatically transfers the cards for you, there is also a completely new section to transfer cards manually in Wallet app. The pre-iOS […]
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Move Suica and other transit or e-Money cards to new iPhone (updated for iOS 17)
Apple Pay transit cards (Suica, PASMO, and ICOCA) and e-Money cards (WAON and nanaco) are different from Apple Pay payment cards in that a transit or e-Money card prepaid stored value, the card balance, is stored locally on the card itself and can only exist on a single device. Apple […]
Mobile Payments
The VISA open loop squeeze: VISA’s Apple Pay Suica recharge block one year later (Updated)
It has been a year since the VISA payment network in Japan stopped accepting foreign issue VISA cards for Apple Pay In-App use with Suica and PASMO Wallet cards (and the recently launched Apple Pay ICOCA card too). With no explanation or reason, one little VISA payment system configuration change […]
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Using Apple Pay Suica • PASMO Commuter Passes when transfer protocol is in effect
The Yamanote Line was not running this morning due to a signal malfunction. Yet everything looked like any normal Monday morning commute so I had no idea when I entered Asagaya station. Then I heard the announcement on the platform. The train came, I got on. Again everything looked normal, […]
Mobile Payments
VISA blocking foreign issue cards for select Japanese in-app and online payments
Notice: latest VISA situation update here When foreign issue VISA cards in Wallet stopped working for Apple Pay In-App Suica and PASMO recharge on August 5, the first people to howl in pain were Apple Pay PASMO users who suddenly couldn’t recharge with their Chase Sapphire VISA cards. Chase Sapphire […]