Myths die hard, especially Western Japanese myths. Mostly because somebody doesn’t want them to. They are the proverbial rice bowl of hack foreign journalists who can’t be bothered doing research, […]
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Mobile payment is fast and convenient? QR payment reality check
My partner wanted to pick up some cheap t-shirts on bargain sale at Uniqlo yesterday. The Asagaya station building Beans shopping mall has all the latest cashless options but very […]
Mobile Payments - QR Code Payments
Who’s afraid of big bad code payments?
I have lots of respect Bloomberg reporter Gearoid Reidy, but a recent Twitter exchange he had with Craig Mod about code payment apps vs NFC reminded me that no matter […]
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Japan mobile payment survey results
I gave the Twitter survey function a workout and asked 2 questions: Which Japanese mobile payment do you use most? Which Japanese reward points do you use most? The results […]
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Real life code payments
Doutor Coffee Shops added code payment options recently. The sticker next to the reader says all that you need to know: please have your payment app ready before paying. The […]
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Japan Cashless 2020 Retrospect
As we look back on 2020 there are 2 big divides: COVID and cashless. We suddenly found ourselves in a world where all human contact is conducted behind face masks […]