Apple Pay Suica users got a a new recharge option today: Rakuten Point, some 3 years after Android Osaifu Keitai users got the same thing with Rakuten Pay Suica, a Rakuten branded Suica. Despite the long wait I think Apple Pay Suica users have the better deal because Rakuten Point […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay PASMO - Apple Pay Suica - CASHLESS - EMV - FeliCa - Mobile Payments - QR Code Payments - Suica
Japan mobile payment survey results
I gave the Twitter survey function a workout and asked 2 questions: Which Japanese mobile payment do you use most? Which Japanese reward points do you use most? The results are not surprising but come with many caveats: the survey sampling was puny, in English and pretty much limited to […]
Apple Pay + Wallet - CASHLESS - iPhone - Mobile Payments - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments
Japan’s new economic zone: Rakuten
The April 30 addition of iPhone 12 lineup to Rakuten Mobile marked the transformation of Rakuten Mobile into a first tier carrier on the same level of Docomo, KDDI au and SoftBank. Now that SoftBank is taking Rakuten to court over allegedly stolen SoftBank corporate secrets, I think we know […]
Apple Pay Suica - CASHLESS - Docomo - Mobile Payments - QR Code Payments - Suica
T-POINT? We don’t need no stinkin’ T-POINT
In the ephemeral COVID era we live in assurance don’t come easy, especially with JP cashless market data. Half the fun is taking the crumbs you find, a 1000 person web survey here and there, and seeing what trends you can tease out of it. First of all the usual […]
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Rakuten Pay Suica
One year after the tie-up was announced, the Rakuten Pay Android app was updated yesterday and now supports adding a Rakuten branded Suica card and recharging that earns Rakuten Points, all done within Rakuten Pay. Each ¥200 of a recharge earns 1 Rakuten Point. Outside of the Rakuten Pay app […]