VISA Japan has been busy this year marketing VISA Touch contactless cards with the SMBC group, leveraging the SMBC-GMO-VISA co-venture stera payment platform that launched in 2020. We have already […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Transit - CASHLESS - Mobile Payments
Apple Pay Japan 2020 Wrap Up Wish List
A two word summary for people in a hurry: COVID and PASMO. As everybody in Japan knows at this point, COVID drove cashless payment use more than any government program […]
Apple - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - Transit
Huawei Pay Octopus: global NFC = custom eSE
Huawei Pay Octopus launched on December 9, the second digital Octopus 2020 launch after Apple Pay Octopus on June 2. The device list is interesting: Huawei Mate 40 Pro, P40, […]
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Suica 2 in 1 Region Affiliate Card List
This is the list for JR East Suica 2 in 1 region affiliate transit cards. I’ll update this page as new cards are announced. 2 in 1 Region Affiliate ListAs […]
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SEIYU Stores finally add NFC payment support for Apple Pay Suica • PASMO
That didn’t take long. The announcement Walmart was selling majority control of SEIYU over to KKR and Rakuten was made November 16. And what was the first new management move? […]
CASHLESS - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit - Wena 3
Mobile Suica launches on wena 3
Suica on Sony wena 3 launched today according to a JR East press release. The service was announced in October. In addition to Suica, wena 3 also supports iD, QUICPay […]