[JCB] Full-scale start of ride service using touch payments such as credit cards and debit cards on “Fukuoka City Subway”
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Press release: March 29, 2024
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“Fukuoka City Subway” will begin full-scale ride service using touch payments such as credit cards and debit cards.
*~Starts handling new services such as discounts for people with disabilities and support for children~*
Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd. (Head office: Koto-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Yukihiko Onishi), Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Tsukamoto)
Hidehiko), QUADRAC Co., Ltd. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: Takada
Masayuki), JCB Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo,
Representative Director and President and Executive Officer: Futami) Takayoshi) is using “stera”, a public transportation solution provided by Sumitomo Mitsui Card, on the Fukuoka City subway.
cards that support touch payments (credit, debit, prepaid) using “transit”, We have been conducting a demonstration experiment of riding using a smartphone, etc. with a card installed, and we will begin full-scale service from March 29th (Friday). In addition, from April 1st (Monday), we will begin offering discounts for people with
disabilities and children’s rates, and we will begin offering a “maximum monthly rate service” from around the summer of 2024.
-Reference- Announced on January 10, 2023: “Fukuoka City Subway” demonstration experiment using touch payment
https://www.smbc-card.com/company/news/news0001754.pdf
*1. [New service] Discounts for people with disabilities and child rates available *
From Monday, April 1, 2024, we will be offering discounts for people with disabilities and child rates.
The details are as follows.
Overview Discounts for people with disabilities and child rates available Start date: Monday, April 1, 2024
How to use the service: Before boarding, please inform the station staff at the ticket gate, and the station staff will handle the fare change for you, allowing you to board the train at the disabled and child fare.
*A request is required each time you ride.
*If you are a person with a disability, please present your “Physical Disability Certificate”, “Rehabilitation Certificate”, or “Mental Disability Health and Welfare Certificate” at the counter.
*If the same card number and the same medium are used for discounts for people with disabilities and children, the total amount of charges will be up to a maximum of 320 yen per day.
(Even if the card number is the same, the touch payment amount with a credit card and the touch payment amount with a smartphone will not be calculated together because the medium is different.)
Target lines: Fukuoka City Subway, all lines
Target audience: Those who have an international brand touch payment compatible card (credit, debit, prepaid) or a smartphone with the card installed.
Payment brands Visa, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, UnionPay *Mastercard(R) will be added sequentially.
*2. Regarding future initiatives (maximum monthly fee service) * From around summer 2024, if the monthly usage amount exceeds 12,570 yen, the usage amount exceeding 12,570 yen will be discounted* “Maximum monthly charge service”*
We are planning to start.
If you use touch payment to ride the subway, you will not be charged more than 12,570 yen per month. In addition, we will continue to provide the “maximum daily charge service” that has been in place for some time, in which if the daily usage amount exceeds 640 yen, the usage amount exceeding 640 yen will be discounted and the bill will be 640 yen. We are planning to respond.
*Details will be announced before the start of service.
-Reference- Announced on July 4, 2023: “Fukuoka City Subway” launch of new discount service using touch payment
https://www.smbc-card.com/company/news/news0001803.pdf
* ■Role of each company *
Provided by Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd. stera platform (stera transit) Visa and UnionPay brand touch payment solution provision and awareness promotion
Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. Traffic IC/touch payment integrated automatic ticket gate development/installation and maintenance
QUADRAC Co., Ltd. SaaS platform for payment and authentication for transportation operators
Provision, operation and maintenance of “Q-move”
JCB Corporation JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover brands Providing solutions and awareness promotion related to touch payments * [Reference] *
* ■How to check touch payment boarding and alighting history* You can check this by accessing QUADRAC’s Q-move site and completing the membership registration procedure on My Page.
-Q-move site- https://q-move.info/
-Usage image of Q-move site-
* ■About touch payment *
Touch payment is a payment method that utilizes international standard security authentication technology that is used both domestically and internationally. Just touch a compatible terminal with a card that supports touch payments (credit, debit, prepaid) or a smartphone with a card set up, and there is no need to sign or enter a PIN number (*), making it quick, safe, and secure. Your payment will be completed. The stores that can be used are not only convenience stores, fast food restaurants, supermarkets, restaurants, drug stores, bookstores, department stores, commercial facilities, etc., but also public transportation, and the usage scenes in daily life are increasing. It’s expanding more and more.
*For payments exceeding a certain amount, you will be required to insert your card and enter your PIN number, or to verify your identity by signing.
* ■About stara transit *
The payment platform “stera” is a payment platform for businesses that was built by Sumitomo Mitsui Card in collaboration with GMO Payment Gateway, GMO Financial Gate, and Visa to solve the problems associated with introducing cashless payments. “stera”
“transit” is a solution for public transportation that utilizes the “stera” payment platform and the international brand’s contactless payment “touch payment.” In addition to “improving convenience” for consumers by eliminating the need for cash or pre-loading, it has a wide range of effects that go beyond the transportation field, such as “preventing infectious diseases,” “improving an environment for accepting inbound tourists,” and “promoting local cashless payments.” is also expected. Also, “stera”
transit’ technology can also be used as an authentication platform for MaaS and smart cities. We plan to continue introducing this system across the country.
We will continue to provide our customers with safer and more convenient payment methods and strive to further promote cashless payments.
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