In the ephemeral COVID era we live in assurance don’t come easy, especially with JP cashless market data. Half the fun is taking the crumbs you find, a 1000 person […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - QR Code Payments
Japan Cashless X-Day
Now that the CASHLESS Rebate program is over with transaction rates reportedly going back to ‘normal’ (an estimated 1% rise over rebate program rates), JP media outlets report that some […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - CASHLESS - Mobile Payments - NFC tags
My Number Point Part 1 (obsolete)
2022-06-30 UPDATE: The original My Number Point program is over, replaced by My Number Point Program 2 that started June 30, 2022 and runs through the end of February 2023. […]
Apple - CASHLESS - Mobile Payments - QR Code Payments
Sayonara Cashless Rebate Program, we hardly knew you
The CASHLESS Rebate program ends June 30. After that date we have 8% consumption tax for takeout, 10% for eat in, and 10% for everything else. In the long ago […]
CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - Mobile Payments
Tokyo Cashless 2020: cashless transaction fees and platforms
The tempest in a teacup over Marukame dropping QR Code cashless payments at some restaurant locations turned out to be parent company Toridoll Holdings updating their POS system. QR Code […]
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Apple Pay Octopus launch…for real
Good news for Hong Kong iPhone users: press invitations labeled ‘Redefining Mobile Payments’ that went out to local media outlets on May 28 signaled Octopus for Apple Pay would finally […]