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 […]
JR East Ticketless Touch and Go Shinkansen expands system wide
Another day, another Suica related announcement. JR East ticketless Touch and Go Shinkansen service for Suica and other compatible Transit IC cards will be expanded to include all JR East […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]