Japan's internet giants team up as mobile payments race intensifies
Line Corp. and Mercari Inc. are joining forces on mobile payments as the nation's internet companies race to dominate cashless transactions in the world's No. 3 economy. The operator of Japan's most popular messaging platform and the used-goods online marketplace app will let users shop ...
As Japanese businesses slowly move toward adopting cashless payments, some temples and shrines are beginning to follow suit for donations. Yet worshippers are divided by the move by religious institutions, with some still shunning the method, saying they feel it will bring them worse luck. Kaigen ...
Japan is looking at allowing e-money salary payments ahead of foreign worker influx
The government hopes to promote a shift toward a cashless society as well as cater to foreign workers — who may face hurdles opening bank accounts.
Ibaraki to adopt smartphone-based cashless payment system in tie-up with Tokyo startup
Ibaraki Prefecture is adopting cashless payments made using smartphones as a means to tap into data-driven marketing, and allow small and medium-sized businesses to benefit from a central government plan to offset a scheduled consumption tax hike by rewarding consumers for noncash purchases. Prefectural officials ...
Japan's PayPay to update app after wrongful charge complaints
PayPay, a mobile payment company backed by SoftBank Group Corp., Yahoo Japan Corp. and India's largest digital payments company Paytm, said it's updating its app to strengthen security after multiple complaints from users of erroneous charges. An unspecified number of customers called in or sent ...
Alibaba ties up with JR Kyushu to boost Chinese tourism and expand use of Alipay
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said Monday it has teamed up with JR Kyushu Co. to boost Chinese tourism in the region. The Chinese e-commerce giant is hoping to expand use of its Alipay mobile payment system in Kyushu. It said it will publicize more information ...
Chubu Electric tests mobile payment app as prelude to blockchain-based energy marketplace
Chubu Electric Power Co. has developed a mobile payment app for virtual currencies, and has started testing it in-house with employees using it to purchase coffee. The company aims to make use of the ease with which individuals can make transactions using the app to ...
Kanto, Kansai, Kyushu to test biometric-based, cashless payment tech for overseas visitors
Japan's economy ministry is planning to test cashless payment technology using fingerprints and other biometric markers to make transactions more convenient for foreign tourists, sources close to the project said Tuesday. The trials by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will be held from ...
