It’s that time of year again to think about FeliCa support on the Google Pixel platform as Pixel 5 approaches. Ever since Pixel 3 things have been the stuck in […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - FeliCa - NFC - NFC tags - NFC-Felica - Suica - Touchless - Transit
Smells like Super Suica: Sony unveils next generation FeliCa
Sony announced the next generation FeliCa chip on September 8. Next generation FeliCa was mentioned in the September 2018 next generation Suica, aka Super Suica, press release. This is the […]
Mobile Transit
Farewell FeliCa Octopus, save the last tap for me
The 2019~2020 Apple Pay Octopus launch saga made one thing was very clear: Octopus was living on borrowed time: Octopus Cards Limited (OCL) has been slow extending the service to […]
Apple - Apple Watch - iPhone
The Apple Pay monopoly debate: are we really comparing Apples with Apples?
Ruimin Yang’s detailed and thoughtful post, “Apple Pay monopoly, are we really comparing ‘Apples’ with ‘Apples?“, outlines the entire Apple Pay system architecture, how it compares to other digital wallet […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - Apple Watch - CASHLESS - EMV - iPhone - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - NFC-Felica - PASMO - QR Code Payments - Suica - Suica App - Touchless
Apple Pay PASMO and the transit IC card rush to mobile
Mobile PASMO was announced in January 2020, launched on Android Osaifu Keitai in March and will land on Apple Pay with the iOS 14 update this fall. As early as […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - CASHLESS - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC tags - PASMO - Suica - Suica App - Touchless - Transit
Road to Super Suica: cloud integration
Mobile Suica Shinkansen eTicket service via Suica App ended in March 2020, replaced by the cloud based JR East Eki-net Shinkansen eTicket service. Since Mobile Suica Shinkansen is gone and […]