Credit card “touch payment” spreads 4:11 on August 11th due to the spread of new corona infections
"Touch payment" where payment is completed by touching the terminal with a credit card. As infections with the new coronavirus continue to spread, card companies are focusing on expanding such services that can complete accounting in a short time.
Among them, the major "Visa" has introduced a touch payment service using its own credit card mainly for vending machines and retail stores.
This means that the number of compatible cards issued is about 23 million at the end of March, more than triple the number one year ago.
For this reason, the company has made it possible to use the new highway bus that connects Tokyo and Ibaraki Prefecture.
Since this is the first time it has been introduced in transportation, the company wants to further expand the scope of use.
"This touch payment can be used in more than 200 countries and regions. I would like to make it usable in every aspect of life in Japan as well," said Hayato Terao, director of "Visa Worldwide Japan". ..
As the spread of new coronaviruses continues to spread, "touch payment" can be settled in a short time, so other card companies such as "Mastercard" and "JCB" are also focusing on the service.