Integrated circuit (IC) cards have been in use in Japan for 23 years, replacing magnetic cards as the main form of cashless ...

TOKYO -- East Japan Railway Co. (JR East ... IC cards have been suspended since August 2023 due to a lack of IC chips. Suica ...

And one key railway in Japan has so far shown no interest in joining the system. Prepaid IC cards, such as Suica and Pasmo, are widely used at stations. But the new credit-card gates allow ...

In 1999, Berlin's BVG piloted the Tick.et, which was intended to compete with Suica, Octopus and Oyster. Heise online ...

Until recently Japan was still a very much cash-only society, where even restaurant bills of hundreds of dollars would have ...

East Japan Railway Co. will launch an online ... JRE Points can be kept on JR East’s Suica transportation IC card to make payments.

Dublin, Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Japan E-Commerce Payment Market & Forecast 2024-2032, Industry Trends, Growth, Share, Outlook, Impact of Inflation, Opportunity Company Analysis ...

Wait, forget it, how about an ETERNAL thread? The Wife and I are planning to take The Sprog (who will be nine) to Japan over her spring break this coming year. I'll admit, I'm feeling a little out ...

But when Gilbert went to check out, he got a "card declined" message. He didn't think much of it. It was a new card and he had forgotten the three-digit code on the back. Instead, he used his ...

She's been writing about credit cards and reward travel since 2011 with articles on Forbes Advisor, BoardingArea, The Points Guy and more. Her redemptio... See Full Bio Becky PokoraCredit Card ...

If you’ve been to Japan, you know the problem ... you will load a local IC transport card such as Pasmo or Suica into your digital wallet and use that to tap on and off). Tourist attractions ...