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
Seven-Eleven Japan offers to allow store to end 24-hour operations
Convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has agreed to allow shorter operating hours for a franchisee in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, company officials said Thursday. The franchiser's regional manager gave documentation containing the contract changes to Mitoshi Matsumoto, the owner of the Higashiosaka store, on Thursday, ...
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.
Business / Corporate Jul 5, 2019
Seven-Eleven chief warns short-handed franchise owner in Gunma about cutting hours for one night
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has sent a formal warning to a franchise owner who filed a request to temporarily shorten operating hours due to a shortage of labor, the owner said Friday. The leading convenience store chain has been under scrutiny over its stance toward franchise ...
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.
Business / Corporate Jul 4, 2019
Users of 7-Eleven's mobile payment service lose total of ¥55 million after 900 accounts hacked
Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, president of Seven Pay Co., said the company will compensate users for the losses caused by fraudulent access.
Business Jul 1, 2019
Two of Japan's biggest convenience store chains launch their own mobile payment services
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. and FamilyMart Co. have started their own smartphone payment services. Both major convenience store chains launched their services on Monday. They are expected to further intensify competition among similar services that already involve tech and financial companies. Seven-Eleven Japan President Fumihiko Nagamatsu said ...
Business / Corporate Jun 25, 2019
Ministop begins charging for plastic bags at two Chiba stores
Major convenience store operator Ministop Co. started an experiment this week to charge for plastic bags at two of its stores in Chiba Prefecture amid heightened environmental awareness worldwide and the government's policy to ban free plastic bags. The experiment began Monday at two stores ...