Now that Nankai Railway Visa Touch and QR Code transit tests have started (April 2), it’s helpful to take a look at Surutto Kansai, the association of Kansai area non-JR […]
Apple Pay Suica - EMV - Mobile Payments - NFC - Suica - Transit
Open Loop, QR and transit privacy
In 2013 JR East faced a crisis over selling Suica ridership pattern data analysis to Hitachi. The Suica data was stripped of personal information and was used to analyze popular […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Suica - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC - QR Code Payments
The Wireless Android POS/NFC Reader Suck Index
Now that contactless is everywhere, wireless contactless readers have become very fashionable and popular. Nobody wants wires or checkout lines. All of these systems are built around an Android based […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV - NFC
Sorry PRESTO but your open loop video is fake Express Transit
The Metrolinx PRESTO UP service started an open loop contactless payment pilot program this past week. It’s the first step for open loop support across the entire PRESTO fare system. […]
Mobile Transit
End of the line for Suica and the native Japan Transit IC smartcard standard?
There is a consistent theme among some Japanese tech journalists: the native Japan Transit IC smartcard system is obsolete and destined for that fabled junk heap, the Galapagos island of […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - FeliCa - NFC - NFC-Felica
SMBC pulls a Toyota Wallet move with V POINT app and Apple Pay prepaid card
With more and more payment players and their dogs doing the wallet app + instant issue prepaid card thing, it was only a matter of time before banks got into […]