Mobile SuicaAll aspects of using the Apple Pay Suica ecosystem Mobile TicketsLinked mobile ticket services to use with Apple Pay Suica Mobile Payments Note: A major limitation of the blog format is navigating and finding information scattered on backdated posts, I’m listing major guides here and will update this pinned […]
Mobile Payments
iOS 17.4 Apple Host Card Emulation
Apple has finally given their answer to EU demands (and now USA demands) for ‘open NFC’: Apple HCE (Host Card Emulation). Basically this means that any payment provider/developer in the EU market, with the proper credentials, can use the iPhone NFC chip. But they cannot use the iPhone embedded secure […]
Mobile Payments
MythBusters: plastic Suica isn’t safer than Mobile Suica
b On June 24 from 0:37 to 13:00 JST, JR East online services went offline due to a mishap during server center related power supply construction. The most affected services were the most used: Mobile Suica and the online Eki-Net ticketing service. While embarrassing and inconvenient, the damage was minimal […]
Apple Pay + Wallet
JR West announces Apple Pay ICOCA
Update: Apple Pay ICOCA launched 2023-06-27 7:00 am JST. With the successful launch of Mobile ICOCA (2023-03-22) on Osaifu Keitai Android, it’s time to think about Apple Pay ICOCA that was formally announced today (2023-04-17) as coming ‘this year’. The timing depends on how quickly Apple tests and qualifies ICOCA […]
Mobile Payments
Mobile payments don’t solve the wallet mess, they only make it worse
Way back when Tim Cook first unveiled Apple Pay, the main sales point was the convenience of doing away with messy wallets. My mom’s wallet for example was always stuffed full of credit cards, point cards and the latest store discount coupons clipped out of newspapers and flyers. The promise […]