It’s fascinating that Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) dumped the fast FeliCa (rated 200 millisecond transaction but Octopus clocks in at around 100ms) behind EZ-Link cards to roll their own faster […]
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Google Pay Suica Goes Live
As anticipated by Android Police earlier this month Suica has officially launched on Google Pay in Japan. Mobile Suica has been available on the Android platform since 2011 via the Osaifu-Keitai e-wallet […]
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iOS 11 Apple Pay NFC Switching in Action
It’s interesting being back in America, somehow I envisioned Apple Pay availability being the same as it is in Tokyo. It’s not, at least not in Salt Lake City. The […]
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MIA Google Pay Suica
The Android Police “Google Pay v1.57 prepares support for Suica” news didn’t generate much interest in Japan. Osaifu-Keitai e-wallet service has been around since 2004 on NTT Docomo phones. All […]
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EZ-Link Apple Pay
This means 2 things: UPDATE Reader reports of endless problems and poor performance with EZ-Link – EMV contactless integration only prove that EMV contactless sucks for transit. UPDATE 2 TransLink […]
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Why VISA Refuses to Join Apple Pay Japan
UPDATE 5-11-21VISA Japan finally signed on with Apple Pay Apple Pay Wallet has an interesting animation that shows you exactly which card brands are supported in the selected region. The […]