I love articles like this one. It’s fun examining how the writer, freelancer Meiko Homma, takes old news bits, worn-out arguments and weaves them into a ‘new’ narrative with a titillatingly hot title: “QR Code payments won the cashless race, Suica utterly defeated.” Her article trots out some QR Code […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV - FeliCa - MIFARE - NFC - NFC tags
Apple Platform Security May 2022: Tap to Pay on iPhone, Express Mode scare mongers and other fun
Ahh springtime, flowers and the annual Apple Platform Security (APS) update. This year’s version has many Apple Pay housekeeping changes. Previous versions put everything Apple Pay in a single section. In keeping with Apple spinning out iOS 15 Wallet app as a separate identity, Wallet has its own separate section […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Wallet - EMV - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - Transit
The mobile wallet chokepoint
I ran across an untidy but interesting Twitter thread that mentioned Apple Pay Suica in the larger context of evolving NFC smartphone services. Suica (Metro card / digital money in Japan) now lets you transfer the card to Apple Pay. Some thoughts about the future of FOBs, cards, and wallets…You […]
Apple - EMV - iPhone - NFC
Why the fuss about an iPhone NFC payment terminal?
I have to admit I’m a little confused about the brouhaha over the latest Mark Gurman rumor: “Apple is planning a new service that will let businesses accept payments directly on their iPhones without any extra hardware.” Okay, so what are we talking here? Oh, Apple is adding new Core […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Mobile Payments
2022 Japan mobile payments survey results: Mobile Suica tops the bunch
The Japanese contactless payments landscape has changed considerably since the 2016 launch of Apple Pay. It certainly was the Black Ship arrival turning point that Junya Suzuki predicted, contactless payments, especially mobile contactless payments, continue to evolve in fascinating ways. The latest Mobile Marketing Data Labo (MMD) mobile payments survey […]