A happy new year to everybody. When reading Junya Suzuki’s year end Apple Pay and contactless history in Japan article, I was irritated by its ‘rah rah for open loop’ […]
Japan Cashless 2020 Retrospect
As we look back on 2020 there are 2 big divides: COVID and cashless. We suddenly found ourselves in a world where all human contact is conducted behind face masks […]
Opal digital transit card trial for Apple Pay and Samsung Pay (obsolete)
Notice: The Opal Digital Card project was cancelled in 2022. This post is obsolete for reference only. NSW announced a public beta test for Opal digital card in October and […]
Apple Pay Contactless Adoption Outlook 4Q 2020
MacRumors posted an interesting comment Tim Cook made in the 4Q 2020 earnings call As you can imagine in this environment, people are less wont to hand over a card. […]
Dear Apple and JR East, we need Apple Pay Family Suica
watchOS 7 Family Setup is a bigger deal than many people might think at first glance. Apple Cash Family is just one part of the service with transfers from a […]
Dear Jane, we fucked up, sincerely MTA
The piecemeal MTA OMNY rollout is a lesson how not to do a transition from old system to new system. A case where poor design, poor management choices and unanticipated […]