(Note: iOS 13 Core NFC documentation has been released with NFC tag support for: ISO 7816, ISO 15693, FeliCa, MIFARE and NDEF) Now that full 3rd party NFC access is […]
Apple Pay Transit - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - Transit
Someday We’ll Be Together
UPDATE: Apple Pay Octopus is coming with iOS 13 Note: For simplicity and convenience I have migrated and merged older Octopus related posts here. All new Octopus related developments will […]
EMV - MIFARE - NFC-Felica
Another step for global NFC
It’s nice that NXP and FeliCa Networks (all things FeliCa mobile owned by Sony, Docomo and JR East) have collaborated on putting EMV, FeliCa and MIFARE on one chip. The […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Mobile Payments
MerPay on Apple Pay
If you were hoping for a streamlined cashless payment roadmap for Japan, forget it. Things are just going to get more complex as various reward point ecosystems (Rakuten point, d-Point, […]
Mobile Transit
Yes, QR Codes Suck for Transit
Here are QR Codes in action at subway transit gates in Beijing. And here is Suica in action. Working Backwards from the User The Suica development starting point was a […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments
Joe Odagiri AirPAY Ads
OK, things are heating up in the Japanese cashless payments market ahead of the 10% consumption tax hike with cashless incentives. And things are getting fun. What other country in […]