Finally! A cafe chain with JAPAN CASHLESS rebates and 5% at that. Sayonara Starbucks and hello Cafe Veloce, until July 2020 anyway. UPDATE: as always some locations are not onboard […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - CASHLESS - EMV - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica
Toyota Wallet: if there must be another Japanese Wallet app, please let it be this
As I have pointed out countless times on this blog, Apple Pay Suica is one of the best Apple Pay services that Apple has hosted on its platform so far. […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - NFC - NFC-Felica - Suica - Suica App - Transit
What’s the difference between iOS 13 Wallet created Suica and SuicaEng?
NoticeSuicaEng is obsolete. It is no longer available on App Store, installed SuicaEng does not launch and should be deleted. The Japanese language only Suica app is still available, but […]
CASHLESS - EMV - Mobile Payments - NFC
Visa Japan signs with Google Pay
Visa Japan finally officially signed with a digital wallet platform and it is Google Pay. As expected it comes with a price: no FeliCa support, no dual mode support, nada, […]
Mobile Payments
What does ‘open’ Apple Pay NFC really mean?
IntroThe Apple Pay monopoly debate is a long complex saga with recent developments. The EU finally issued an official complaint regarding Apple’s so called ‘closed’ NFC, with PayPal playing a […]
Mobile Payments
Hands Free Suica
After iOS 13.2 hit the final beta I migrated my Suica from iPhone to Apple Watch to give watchOS 6 Apple Pay Suica a proper shake down. Even after only […]