Another market survey, another few data points. MoneyZine writers Hideyuki Kato and Isamu Saito report some interesting results of 2 different cashless use surveys. As I reported a year ago, […]
Mobile Payments - QR Code Payments
Security weaknesses cool China QR code use
Not all Japanese IT journalists are gaga over QR codes. Takefumi Makino writes on ASCII that QR codes really don’t make much business sense given that Japan already has a […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments
Yes, QR Codes Suck for Transit
Here are QR Codes in action at subway transit gates in Beijing. And here is Suica in action. Working Backwards from the User The Suica development starting point was a […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments
Japan Cashless Map for 2019
Because of its long history pioneering many of the technologies used for contactless payments, Japan is one of the most interesting, complex and difficult markets to study and analyze cashless […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Transit - EMV - iPhone - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments - Transit - watchOS
More Apple Pay Octopus
UPDATE: Apple Pay Octopus is coming with iOS 13 Note: For simplicity and convenience I have migrated and merged older Octopus related posts here. All new Octopus related developments will […]
QR Code Payments
PayPay Troubles Quash QR Code Hype
SoftBank’s network meltdown was only the start of QR Code PayPay troubles. The 100 Million Yen giveaway startup campaign that was supposed to run December 4~March 31 was suddenly and […]