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Apple - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Suica - CASHLESS - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - PASMO - QR Code Payments - Suica

Starbucks officially adds Suica contactless payments…finally

Apple Pay Suica/PASMO finally joined the official Starbucks payment lineup, something that many people have wanted for a long time. Nothing beats Apple Pay Suica Express Transit for grabbing coffee […]

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Mobile PASMO Device Support

FeliCa Dude points out that Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 devices use the latest Mobile FeliCa 4.1 but are not yet qualified for Mobile PASMO even though they run […]

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Reader Question: what’s the point of Apple Pay My Suica?

A reader asked a very good question: what’s the point of an Apple Pay My Suica? Can’t you already migrate a normal ‘unregistered’ Suica to another device if you loose […]

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Apple Pay Ventra: the closed loop EMV card

Apple Pay Ventra finally launched October 26, 2020, a very long wait after the March 25, 2019 Apple Event announcement. I wrote about the delay blaming it on open loop […]

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The Return of Touch ID…or maybe not

Gruber finally clocked in on the Face ID with face mask issue in his iPad Air review: Will this Touch ID sensor in the power button ever make its way […]

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Road to Super Suica: mobile expansion

The October 21 announcement from JR East-Hachinohe City-Northern Iwate Transportation is the 3rd Super Suica local transit card and follows earlier Super Suica local transit card announcements for Utsunomiya Light […]

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