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Payments
Payment infrastructure, cards, e-money, code payments, clearing, and merchant economics.
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- Japan account-to-account payment routeJapan account-to-account payments sit between classic bank trans…
- Amazon Gift Card Japan: closed-loop e-commerce prepaidThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (amazon.…
- Apple Gift Card Japan: closed-loop Apple-ecosystem prepaidThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (apple.c…
- Japan card acquiring stackJapan card acquiring should be read as a merchant-contracting an…
- Japan cashless payment landscapeJapan's cashless market is no longer a "future adoption" theme.…
- Japan credit purchase and card operator registry indexMETI's Installment Sales Act public lists are the control surfac…
- Rakuten Edy: platform-agnostic FeliCa prepaid e-moneyThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (edy.rak…
- FamiPay: FamilyMart wallet and Itochu group payment strategyThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (family.…
- Japan funds transfer service providers registry indexThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (fsa.go.…
- Funds transfer vs prepaid boundary in JapanThe practical boundary is transferability. A funds-transfer serv…
- Google Play Gift Card Japan: closed-loop Google-ecosystem prepaidThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (play.go…
- Japan bank API incident and fraud-control mapBank API risk in Japan is not only a cybersecurity issue. It is…
- Japan bank API and electronic payment agency routeJapan's bank API / electronic payment agency route is the legal…
- Japan BNPL and credit-purchase boundaryBNPL in Japan is best treated as a checkout-credit boundary…
- Japan BNPL / pay-later operator registry matrixJapan's BNPL / 後払い checkout label does not map to one license. M…
- Japan card issuer, acquirer, and processor splitJapan card payments is split into at least five roles: issuer…
- Japan card security and authentication controlsJapan EC card security is not only "3-D Secure." The useful cont…
- Japan code-payment competitive mapJapan's code-payment market is recorded as a battle among wallet…
- Japan code-payment operator 2025 market share matrixJapan's code-payment market in 2025 is a clear oligopoly with Pa…
- Japan consumer-credit operator comparison matrix"Consumer credit" in Japan is not one industry — it is at least…
- Japan interchange and merchant fee stackThis page records the public structure of Japan card merchant-fe…
- Japan JCB issuer ecosystem positioning matrix"JCB" is not a single card company — it is (a) a domestic Japane…
- Japan merchant PSP competitive scorecardJapan's merchant PSP (Payment Service Provider) market is more f…
- Payment infrastructureJapan payment infrastructure includes central-bank settlement as…
- Japan payment fraud incident timeline 2023-2025The 2023-2025 period in Japan payment fraud was defined by four…
- Japan payment scheme economics matrixJapan retail payment now runs on four parallel scheme classes —…
- Japan prepaid electronic money operator matrixJapan's prepaid electronic-money landscape is not one industry —…
- Japan transit-prepaid e-money: Suica / PASMO / ICOCA / regional IC economicsJapan transit-prepaid e-money runs on a single mutual-use scheme…
- JCB three-party brand operating modelJCB operates a three-party brand model in which JCB Co Ltd simul…
- Merchant bank-account direct acquiring in JapanMerchant bank-account direct acquiring is the merchant-side read…
- nanaco: Seven & i Group convenience-store-anchored prepaid e-moneyThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (nanaco-…
- PASMO: Tokyo private-rail and bus consortium prepaid ICThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (pasmo.c…
- Japan third-party prepaid payment instrument issuers registry indexUse this page to separate prepaid / stored-value issuance from f…
- PSP merchant settlement riskMerchant PSP risk is the risk that sits between checkout success…
- QUO Card: gift-card and paper / digital prepaid franchiseThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (quocard…
- Suica: JR East transit and general-purpose IC prepaidThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (jreast.…
- Visa Gift Card Japan: Visa-branded open-loop prepaidThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (visa.co…
- Visa Mastercard AMEX JCB Japan operating comparisonThe four international brands operating in Japan — Visa…
- WAON vs nanaco: retail prepaid e-money comparisonThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (waon.ne…
- WAON: AEON Group nationwide IC prepaid e-moneyThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (waon.ne…