Now that the 1st wave of Suica 2 in 1 card launches is complete, it’s a good time to review the ‘State of Suica’. And it’s always interesting to examine […]
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Super Suica Cloud
A Japanese friend once told me that when Suica first came out, young people in Tokyo sent Suica cards to hometown families to use for coming to Tokyo. But parents […]
Mobile Transit
The Suica 2 in 1 mobile dilemma: promoting targeted region services on a wide mobile platform
Suica 2 in 1 Region Affiliate Transit Cards have a problem: it would be great to have these cards available on mobile wallet platforms (Osaifu Keitai, Apple Pay, etc.) however, […]
Mobile Payments
Mobile FeliCa evolution: FeliCa without the FeliCa chip
Mobile FeliCa is a Java Card applet on a secure element (SE). If the right applet is present with the right keys, and the CLF (contactless front-end) is configured to […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Suica 2.0 Platform Reference
The new features that make up Suica 2.0 are called many things. JR East calls it ‘Next Generation Suica’, I call it Suica 2.0 because there are wider Suica platform […]
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Cloud Suica and Suica region extensions announced for early 2023
JR East announced cloud based Suica and extended coverage for the Tohoku region, going online with 44 stations in early 2023 and closing some major service gaps around the same […]