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> Paypal is still the only one that actually works worldwide. Speaking someone in Japan, it's pretty hard to effectively use Paypal here because it requires (r
by sdrothrock 13y ago
> Paypal is still the only one that actually works worldwide.
Speaking someone in Japan, it's pretty hard to effectively use Paypal here because it requires (requires!) a credit card. Also, nobody uses it here, so there's no point in jumping through the banking rigamarole to get a working Japanese Paypal account.
I think Paypal never took off here because it's amazingly easy to just send someone (anyone) money very quickly from an ATM as long as you have an account number.
- calbear81 13y agoDoes PayPal require a credit card to use in Japan? It works fine with bank accounts and credit card is an option (with a fee).
- sdrothrock 13y agoI could have sworn the last time I tried (I admit that this was half a decade ago) that I decided it was unusable because it required a credit card to do anything and I couldn't get one as a low-salaried foreigner on a short-term visa. I've been using my US PayPal account all this time -- which actually works better since everything I use it for is in the US.