Sales of non-personalized Suica, Pasmo IC cards in Japan to resume in March
Sales of non-personalized Suica and Pasmo IC cards, which are used to pay for train fares and other payments in Japan, will ...
Why a Japanese public transport giant wants to return to credit cards
In Tokyo and many Japanese cities, there is a flood of payment options – for infrequent drivers and tourists. Inspiration is ...
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Suica in Tokyo: How a railroad company invented electronic money
The real revolution came in the fall of 2001 with Suica in collaboration with the Sony Group. The contactless system, known in Japan as the "IC Card" (including the corresponding logo), is based ...
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JR East aims for touchless gates using Suica data within 10 years
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East ... Currently, passengers must press their Suica cards at automatic ticket gates to enter and exit stations. Yoichi Kise, the president of JR East, said at a ...
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Tap-and-go credit card pay system spreads to train stations
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 ...
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Credit card ticketing on public transport nationwide planned for 2026
Currently, visitors have to use ticket machines or buy physical transit cards with integrated circuit chips, such as Suica or Pasmo cards, when riding Japan's public transport. Sumitomo Mitsui's idea ...