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Chinese Tourists Challenge Cash’s Reign in Japan

20 points by aerophilic 8y ago

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roobs 8y ago
I've been living in Japan for about 6 months and recently I've felt a very aggressive local push to get people to use these barcode payment apps. For example I recall in January PayPay were offering a discount at FamilyMart (a konbini/convenience store) for signing up and using their app, then a few weeks ago LINE Pay had a similar promotion. Both apps offer loyalty points for paying with them. But what's strange is this feels like a backwards step; you can also pay with your train IC card in konbini and now that you can get Suica (one of the train IC cards) on Apple Pay and Google Pay it's significantly faster to use that than unlock your phone, open LINE/PayPay and get the barcode. LINE Pay also have their own prepaid card and Mercari just launched their own prepaid card built into Apple Pay too. Still, I wonder which (if any) will come out the winner and how many more will pop up in the meantime.
- ksec 8y ago
  >But what's strange is this feels like a backwards step Because it really is. And yet this is again the cheaper, arguably good enough alternative won. I don't like this QR Code future either, and I am not sure if anything can be done at this point.
- tsukikage 8y ago
  Meanwhile, do all the ATMs still shut down at night?
sheepdestroyer 8y ago
flagged for being paywalled
- ksec 8y ago
  While I don't like Paywalled post, I dont think you should flag a post just for being paywalled. And that is not how it works here on HN. From the FAQ >Are paywalls ok? >It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. >In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.
  - johnnyjuiceNYC 8y ago
    What is the WSJ workaround?
    - detaro 8y ago
      outline.com still works
ansraliant 8y ago
I went a couple of weeks ago to the Yuki Matsuri on Sapporo, and it was very funny that they accepted chinese credit cards, and virtual payments, but they did accept japanese credit cards.
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20 points by aerophilic 8y ago

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roobs 8y ago

I've been living in Japan for about 6 months and recently I've felt a very aggressive local push to get people to use these barcode payment apps. For example I recall in January PayPay were offering a discount at FamilyMart (a konbini/convenience store) for signing up and using their app, then a few weeks ago LINE Pay had a similar promotion. Both apps offer loyalty points for paying with them. But what's strange is this feels like a backwards step; you can also pay with your train IC card in konbini and now that you can get Suica (one of the train IC cards) on Apple Pay and Google Pay it's significantly faster to use that than unlock your phone, open LINE/PayPay and get the barcode. LINE Pay also have their own prepaid card and Mercari just launched their own prepaid card built into Apple Pay too. Still, I wonder which (if any) will come out the winner and how many more will pop up in the meantime.

ksec 8y ago
>But what's strange is this feels like a backwards step Because it really is. And yet this is again the cheaper, arguably good enough alternative won. I don't like this QR Code future either, and I am not sure if anything can be done at this point.
tsukikage 8y ago
Meanwhile, do all the ATMs still shut down at night?

sheepdestroyer 8y ago

flagged for being paywalled

ksec 8y ago
While I don't like Paywalled post, I dont think you should flag a post just for being paywalled. And that is not how it works here on HN. From the FAQ >Are paywalls ok? >It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. >In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.
- johnnyjuiceNYC 8y ago
  What is the WSJ workaround?
  - detaro 8y ago
    outline.com still works

ansraliant 8y ago

I went a couple of weeks ago to the Yuki Matsuri on Sapporo, and it was very funny that they accepted chinese credit cards, and virtual payments, but they did accept japanese credit cards.

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