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CASHLESS - Mobile Payments - QR Code Payments

The open loop mobile connectivity challenge

The recent additions of stera transit (Visa-SMBC-Nippon Signal-QUADRAC) open loop test systems in Kyushu covering Fukuoka metro, Kuamamoto city transit and JR Kyushu expand the VISA Touch transit boutique deeper […]

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VISA Japan and Apple still at odds over VISA Touch debit cards

The April 19 launch of SBI Neobank Mastercard debit card support for Apple Pay was a bit unique: the first time that a plastic issue Japanese debit card came to […]

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The Great Big Nankai VISA Touch Transit Boutique

VISA Japan has been busy this year marketing VISA Touch contactless cards with the SMBC group, leveraging the SMBC-GMO-VISA co-venture stera payment platform that launched in 2020. We have already […]

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VISA Japan finally signs on with Apple Pay (Updated)

UPDATE 5/11/21Visa JP finally officially joined Apple Pay Japanese credit card otaku tweeted late last night that the Apple Pay Wallet animation started displaying VISA, which it never did until […]

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VISA Touch Transit Boutiques

VISA Japan announced VISA Touch support on Kyoto Tango Railway, most media outlets simply ran edited versions of the VISA Japan press release. The infrastructure uses a slightly modified stera […]

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