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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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iOS 13 Wallet Suica

The arrival of the Suica transit platform on the Apple Pay platform heralded a progression of innovation. October 2016 : Suica is the first transit card on Apple Pay and […]

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Apple - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - MIFARE - NFC - Transit

Final Piece of the Puzzle

TfL has been trying to get rid of Oyster card for years. Sydney has been following London’s lead and just finished their rollout of EMV transit service with a press […]

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