Which is similar to T-Money in South Korea, Octopus in Hong Kong, and later Suica in Japan. All of which if I remember correctly came before 2000.
They are still extremely popular in those region. One of the thing I dont understand is why these type of payment never took off in the West. Even things like Oyster card in the UK is only for transport but not for any other sort of payment.
Another point worth pointing out, Offline payment are much faster, with Sucia based on FeliCa capable of doing the transaction in less than 100ms. This is important in a transport system as heavily used as the Japanese transport. For people who are used to these type of payment, everything else just felt so slow.
With every iPhone now getting a Felica Chip built in, I was hoping this type of payment could take off. And yet nothing happened.
They are still extremely popular in those region. One of the thing I dont understand is why these type of payment never took off in the West. Even things like Oyster card in the UK is only for transport but not for any other sort of payment.
Another point worth pointing out, Offline payment are much faster, with Sucia based on FeliCa capable of doing the transaction in less than 100ms. This is important in a transport system as heavily used as the Japanese transport. For people who are used to these type of payment, everything else just felt so slow.
With every iPhone now getting a Felica Chip built in, I was hoping this type of payment could take off. And yet nothing happened.