Hacker News and Reddit have very different user audiences but each have their share of ‘my experience is the world’ navel gazers. This is a plus: the comments are fascinating […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - EMV - Mobile Payments
Of Course Apple Pay is Bigger Than In-App Payments! Now that NFC POS systems actually work…in America
It was just a year ago that eMarketer made a big splash on Apple tech news sites with their Starbucks app is bigger than Apple Pay report: Retailers are increasingly […]
Mobile Payments
Tokyo Cashless 2020: Blame the Japan Cashless Payments mess on VISA and EMVCo, not FeliCa
1️⃣ Dear JR East, we need a new Suica Charge App2️⃣ Consumption tax relief with the CASHLESS rebate program3️⃣ Are Apple Maps and Siri really Apple Pay level ready for […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - iPhone - MIFARE - NFC - NFC-Felica
The Global NFC + Background Tag Reading iPhone SE2
Update: iPhone SE is here and goes on sale April 24, the perfect iPhone for these Face ID with face mask challenged times. The secret sauce is A13 Bionic powered […]
Mobile Payments
Consumption tax, Cashless rebates and Coffee shops
In case you are not a DOUTOR regular, you may not have noticed that they recently added QUICPay and iD to their cashless payment options. What’s interesting is that QUICPay […]
Apple - Apple Pay Octopus - Apple Pay Transit - Culture Wars - MIFARE - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - Transit
You thought the Apple Pay Octopus launch was taking too long? Just ask EasyCard
Japanese transit companies like the JR Group (JR East, JR Central, JR West) are often criticized for being opaque and buddy buddy with politicians, but every transit agency around the […]