Articles in the Japan Category
Posted in Discussions, General, Japan, Korea on 25 May 2006
A short discussion about why Japan and South Korea are leaders in contactless payments.
Payments News
Posted in Japan, Statistics on 2 May 2006
Some 20 million Japanese now have newer cell phones with embedded circuitry that can function as rechargeable debit cards, credit cards or commuter passes. Electronic readers in vending machines, turnstiles and store registers beam waves that read the circuits and deduct what’s due.
Already, 30, 000 vending machines, taxis and convenience stores have readers for the [...]
Posted in Discussions, Japan, NFC, Platforms, RFID on 1 May 2006
Yukako Ono writes for Japan’s Asahi.com about NTT DoCoMo’s new DCMX contactless mobile payment service phones containing Sony Corp.’s Felica contactless IC chip.
More at: Payments News
Original source: asahi.com
Posted in Japan, NFC, RFID, Videos on 21 April 2006
Wireless Watch Japan provides a video about the NTT DoCoMo mobile phone DCMX credit card function.
To see the video: Click here
Posted in Japan, NFC, Platforms, RFID on 12 April 2006
From Payments News:
Digital World Tokyo reports on plans by three of the largest taxi fleet operators in Tokyo to begin accepting payments made by cell phones equipped with Sony’s Felica chip and using either BitWallet’s Edy system or East Japan Railway’s Suica system.
Read more:
- Payments News
- DigitalWorld Tokyo
Posted in Discussions, Japan, Korea, NFC, Reports on 11 April 2006
From Payments News:
Mercator Advisory Group has announced its latest research report - Predicting Mobile Payment Success in Asia - that explores the relationship between technology, payments, and strategy, as it relates to the success of mobile commerce markets in Asia.
Read more:
- Payments News
- Mercator
Posted in Japan, NFC, Platforms on 4 April 2006
NTT DoCoMo is offering two plans to make highly secure purchases from small to large amounts using their phones as DoCoMo-issued credit cards.
Related news:
- Payments News
- JCN network
- Wireless Watch Japan
- Digital World Tokyo
Posted in Japan, NFC, Platforms, RFID on 28 March 2006
DoCoMo’s Osaifu-Keitai (phones with wallet functions) will be used for a variety of practical mobile services at LAWSON convenience stores beginning by April 30th.
Source: Wireless Watch Japan
Related news: JCN Newswire
Posted in Japan, NFC, Platforms on 27 March 2006
Aeon Co., one of Japan’s biggest retail groups, is encouraging NTT DoCoMo’s mobile payment scheme.
To read more about it: InfoWorld
Original post: Payments News
Posted in Japan, RFID on 14 March 2006
JCB, the only Asian-based international card brand, and MasterCard International have reached an agreement to share a common contactless communications protocol.
Japan Corporate News Network
Payments News.com
Posted in Japan on 12 March 2006
Altivis propose 4 petits articles concernant le paiement mobile au Japon (ici)
