After iOS 13.2 hit the final beta I migrated my Suica from iPhone to Apple Watch to give watchOS 6 Apple Pay Suica a proper shake down. Even after only […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - NFC-Felica - SmartEX - EXPRESS - Suica - Transit
JR Central Online EX Ticketing Extends to Kyushu Shinkansen in 2022
JR Central/JR West/JR Kyushu issued a joint PR release that JR Central’s EX Shinkansen eTicket system, encompassing both EXPress Reservation and smartEX services, will be adding JR Kyushu Hakata~Kagomashima Shinkansen […]
Apple
iOS 13.2 Suica Express Transit Update: same great performance, same sloppy UI
iOS 13.2 is in the last beta stage, the official release is due October 30. I am happy to report that Suica Express Transit performance levels remain at the same […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - Suica - Suica App
JRE POINT Issues Apple Pay Suica Notice
With the JAPAN CASHLESS Rebate program in full swing, many Apple Pay Suica users are suddenly paying attention and signing up to get those post-transaction rebate points. The sleepy JRE […]
Apple - Apple Pay Suica - EMV - Mobile Payments - NFC - NFC-Felica - QR Code Payments - Suica
The JAPAN CASHLESS Rebate Day 6: Rebate Mana
2% and 5% CASHLESS rebates are processed and paid out at the end of each month. So I was a little surprised last night when I opened JRE POINT app, […]
Apple - Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Mobile Payments
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 […]