Business / Corporate Aug 1, 2019
Seven & I to scrap 7pay smartphone payment service in Japan after users hacked
by Kazuaki Nagata
The Tokyo-based retail giant and operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores said it will end the service on Sept. 30.
Business / Corporate Jul 31, 2019
Seven & I Holdings resets all 7pay passwords after ¥38.6 million hack
Seven & I Holdings Co. said Tuesday that it has reset passwords for all of the roughly 16.5 million registered 7pay IDs, which are needed to use its smartphone payment service, following a recent security breach of the service. Users will need to register new ...
National / Media | Japan Pulse Jul 13, 2019
Convenience store operator struggles in wake of security fiasco
by Patrick St. Michel
The operator of Seven-Eleven’s new smartphone payment service is under fire for appearing clueless at a news conference that was held after customers were allegedly defrauded through unauthorized access. On July 4, Seven & I Holdings Co. said some 900 convenience store customers using the ...
National / Crime & Legal Jul 12, 2019
Seven-Eleven Japan employee becomes third suspect in 7pay mobile payment thefts
A Chinese student and Seven-Eleven employee was arrested Friday in connection with the ¥55 million heist conducted via 7pay, the new mobile payment service launched by Seven-Eleven Japan. Yu Huiling is the third suspect to be detained in a case police think may be linked ...
Business / Corporate Jul 12, 2019
Japan's Seven Pay ordered to report on illegal access to mobile payment system
The Financial Services Agency has ordered Seven Pay Co. to report on cases of unauthorized access to 7pay, its hacked mobile payment service, sources said Friday. The FSA ordered the Seven & I Holdings Co. unit to look into how the intrusions occurred, the customer ...
National / Crime & Legal Jul 6, 2019
Government urges Seven-Eleven Japan to beef up security after 7pay mobile payment fraud
After customers were allegedly defrauded through unauthorized access, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry tells the operator of Seven-Eleven convenience stores that its mobile payment service is not secure enough.
National / Crime & Legal Jul 5, 2019
One of two Chinese men held had paid ¥730,000 for 146 cartons of electronic cigarette cartridges at convenience store in capital using stolen IDs.