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Nudge's next-generation credit card "Nudge" has reached its 4-year service anniversary in September 2025, while the company has implemented various feature expansions to enhance the user experience over the past year. Background and Mission Japan has high trust in and acceptance of cash compared to other
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Infcurion, which will go public on the Growth Segment of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on October 24, 2025, has started offering the latest version of its next-generation card platform "Xard (Exard)". This latest version adds integrated implementation of "member management," "funding source management," and
corporate venture capital
Honest, Indonesia's fastest-growing credit card issuer, has closed an oversubscribed growth round led by Orico, bringing the company's total equity funding to $100 million. The round saw continued backing from XYZ Venture Capital, SV Pacific Ventures, and Village Global, alongside new participation from other leading U.
stablecoin
Nudge will begin accepting repayments in the stablecoin "JPYC" issued by JPYC for its next-generation credit card "Nudge Card" starting October 2025 (approximately one month after JPYC's business registration completion). This will enable "stablecoin shopping" at approximately 150 million VISA member stores
ecommerce
Introduction Mercari is committed to achieving the mid-term policy announced in FY2024.6, which aims for double-digit CAGR growth in revenue and a CAGR of at least 25% in core operating profit in FY2027.6. These targets remain unchanged. Following Mercari's basic policy to essentially aim for top-line
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AEON Financial Services has submitted an amended securities report and other documents for the fiscal year ending February 2025 to the Director-General of the Kanto Regional Financial Bureau on July 31, 2025, and has also corrected its financial results summary, as detailed below. As announced on July 9, 2025, regarding
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The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has announced its approval of a commitment plan submitted by Visa Worldwide. The plan resolves an investigation into Visa's business practices, which the JFTC suspected were in violation of Japan's Antimonopoly Act. This decision concludes the matter without a formal
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Tokyo Metro has announced the launch of a post-payment boarding service using touch payment methods with compatible cards (including credit, debit, and prepaid cards) and smartphones with such cards configured, on all Tokyo Metro lines starting in spring 2026. Tokyo Metro has been operating a "boarding service utilizing credit
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High-end credit cards have recently become extremely popular in Japan, offering a variety of lifestyle benefits, rather than just loyalty points acceleration. For example, NTT Docomo has been successful with its Platinum card offerings (call us happy customers). Japan Airlines is taking the concept one level beyond, aiming for a
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LifeCard, one of Japan's leading credit card providers, has partnered with personalization innovator Pulse iD to launch a new generation of credit cards that puts personalization at the heart of the cardholder experience. The rollout begins in September 2025 across LifeCard's 6 million customers, with sign-ups
payments
PayPay will begin offering the virtual card "PayPay Balance Card," which can be issued on the PayPay app and used at online credit card member merchants. The "PayPay Balance Card" can be used at domestic online shopping and content websites that accept Visa credit cards, with