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
consumer finance
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
credit card
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
credit card
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
credit card
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
credit card
Aplus, a member of the SBI Shinsei Bank Group, and SBI VC Trade, a consolidated subsidiary of SBI Holdings engaged in the cryptocurrency exchange business, have collaborated to add Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP handled by SBI VC Trade as exchange rewards for the point service (Aplus Points) of
credit card
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
neobank
Sumitomo Mitsui Card and SoftBank have signed a basic agreement regarding a comprehensive business alliance in the digital field. Based on this alliance, PayPay Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Card will begin new collaborative initiatives. 1. Purpose of This Alliance In recent years, with the evolution of technology and advancement of
credit card
Adyen and JCB announced the rollout of JCB's card-on-file (COF) tokenization service, aimed at enhancing the security of credit card transactions for e-commerce merchants. Adyen is the first to offer and implement JCB’s new technology both domestically and globally. The introduction of COF tokenization will further enhance
cashless
In the current issue of the Nomura Research Institute's "Financial Information Technology Focus", Daisuke Tanaka lays out projections for individual payment instruments through 2030, based on available 2023 data. According to various statistical data, the total amount of cashless payments in 2023 (defined here as the