Garmin Pay Suica went live May 21, effectively breaking the 4 year Apple Watch/Apple Pay Suica monopoly. As any Apple Watch user in Tokyo will tell you, Apple Pay Suica […]
Mobile Payments
Transit Platform Basics
I have attempted to explain the unique Japanese ‘transit platform’ business model in many posts scattered over 3 years. It’s a model that didn’t exist outside of Japan for a […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - Apple Watch - CASHLESS - Docomo - EMV - FeliCa - iPhone - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - Suica - Touchless - Transit
Rethinking Face ID in the Face Mask Touchless Era
When iPhone X came out in November 2017, IT journalist Tsutsumu Ishikawa named Suica the Apple Pay winner. What he really meant to say was that Suica Express Transit was […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Octopus - China T-Union - NFC - Transit
The Octopus Waiting Game (obsolete)
The release of Apple Pay China T-Union cards this week with the iOS 13.4.1 update was accompanied with a new Apple Pay China transit page that completely rebrands Apple Pay […]
Mobile Transit
Transit Cards on Mobile
Transit cards on mobile devices first appeared in 2006 with the launch of Mobile Suica, the world’s very first comprehensive transit card on mobile service. With the arrival of digital […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - Transit
MTA OMNY Apple Pay Express Transit User Problems
Apple’s decision to offer Apple Pay EMV style Express Transit as a iOS 13 feature when adding cards to Wallet may not have been a good idea after all, especially […]