JR East and Sony held an open demonstration of next generation Suica showing Mobile Suica Ultra-wideband (UWB) use in walk-through gates (JR East) and UWB touchless payments (Sony), taking place […]
Mobile Transit
Global NFC Samsung Galaxy and Why It’s Important
It makes sense that Galaxy will be the first Android device to add Suica support to all models from 2027 and later. Anybody from anywhere with one of those devices […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Dead Penguin: Suica 2026
What a Suica year. After all that pie in the sky 2024 Suica Renaissance marketing glitz, we should have known the ugly reality 2025 had in store for us when […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
JR East killing off Suica penguin character in 2026
2026 was supposed to be a celebration of all things Apple Pay Suica. Not only is 2026 the 25th anniversary of Suica and 20th anniversary of Mobile Suica, it’s also […]
Mobile Payments
Chinese money laundering with Mobile Suica
After the deluge of phishing attacks coming out of China targeting Mobile Suica users and other JR East online services starting in late 2021, Japanese police made an arrest that […]