As I have pointed out countless times on this blog, Apple Pay Suica is one of the best Apple Pay services that Apple has hosted on its platform so far. […]
Docomo merging QR payment app functions into iD and Apple Pay
In a classic, ‘isn’t this how it was supposed to work all along?’ fumble, Docomo is finally doing the right thing by merging the ‘rush rush we have a QR […]
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Disclaimer 1: As many regular readers know, I am not a QR Code fan. It’s not the technology so much as the assumption that the central processing model and constant […]
Remember QR Codes? Well they’re the future…again
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 […]
The JAPAN CASHLESS Rebate Week 1: MiniStop Reports 6% Cashless Payment Use Increase in First Week
This is what we were waiting for. After all that hassle of getting ready for the CASHLESS rebate program, how many people were actually going to go cashless to get […]
The JAPAN CASHLESS Rebate Inflection Point
On the eve of the CASHLESS Rebate program launch I wrote: Regardless of whether the CASHLESS rebate is ‘a success’ or not, it will be a tipping point. Already I […]