JR East online services (Mobile Suica, JRE POINT, Eki-Net), along with many other online services that have accounts with credit cards, have been inundated with phishing attacks since the Russia-Ukraine […]
Mobile payment is fast and convenient? QR payment reality check
My partner wanted to pick up some cheap t-shirts on bargain sale at Uniqlo yesterday. The Asagaya station building Beans shopping mall has all the latest cashless options but very […]
iOS 16 Wallet: expanding the Apple Pay experience, aka Suica auto-charge for the rest of us
iOS 15 added big new features to Wallet, expanding digital keys from cars to include home, office and hotels and ID in Wallet driver licenses for the first time. There […]
Apple removes region requirement for Suica, swaps recharge with top up and other updates
Sometimes it takes Apple support pages a while to acknowledge the current reality of iOS. iOS 15 Wallet brought ‘region free’ transit cards with an improved UI so that allowed […]
iOS 15.4 Face ID with a mask restores the Apple Pay Suica Express Transit experience
The iOS 15.4 update is out. The biggest feature by far is Use Face ID with a Mask. It makes daily iPhone use a much better experience for those wearing […]
The Weekly
2022-03-14 Spring Cleaning Mobile Suica App Day PassesAs promised Mobile Suica added day passes starting March 12. These are digital versions of the 4 day passes available for plastic Suica […]