Global FeliCa iPhone, FeliCa Pixel, Super Suica and all that Apple Pay Japan arrived just 2 years ago and has clearly disrupted the Japanese contactless payments market in many important […]
Pixel 3 FeliCa
JCB added their FeliCa QUICPay payment network to Google Pay yesterday, a sure sign that Pixel 3 has FeliCa. This narrows down the possibilities I outlined in the previous post: […]
Squeeze me: top Pixel 3 questions for Japan
Google Japan has been advertising the upcoming Pixel 3 announcement on social media. Users burned by the Pixel 2 scorch and burn FeliCa non-support debacle are hopeful that Google has […]
Tokyo Metro joins Smart Charge bin brigades
Tokyo Metro has followed the JR East lead and joined the recharge bin brigade. Starting October 2 Smart Charge Kiosk machines are being installed at major stations along the Tokyo Metro […]
JR East and Sony creating ‘Super Suica’ card
JR East and Sony announced co-development of a ‘national’ super Suica card that will replace local Japanese transit card variations such as ICOCA, TOICA, SUGOCA, Kitaca, PASMO, manaca, Nimoca, Hayaken and others […]
Apple Pay Suica performance improvements coming with iOS 12.1 update
Good news for Apple Pay Suica users: word coming down Apple developer channels is that iOS 12.1 contains Apple Pay Suica fixes and performance improvements. Apple Pay Suica users report […]