{"id":146722,"date":"2022-06-02T13:26:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T04:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=146722&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-06-02T13:26:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T04:26:29","slug":"subway-tests-contactless-credit-card-payment","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/subway-tests-contactless-credit-card-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"Subway Tests Contactless Credit Card Payment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Touchless payment with credit cards will become a new option for passengers using Fukuoka City Subway. The city and Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company recently began Japan\u2019s first trial to save users the trouble of repeatedly loading money to their Suica, Nimoca, Pasmo, and other IC cards. Special electric gates for Visa touchless payments have been introduced at seven stations between Fukuoka Airport and Tenjin. The project will run until the end of Feb. 2023. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/rkb.jp\/news-rkb\/202205311865\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RKB<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/subway.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/topics\/detail.php?id=1532\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City Subway<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-card.com\/company\/news\/news0001684.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146723\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_subway-visacard_2022_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Subway Tests Contactless Credit Card Payment\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_subway-visacard_2022_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_subway-visacard_2022_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_subway-visacard_2022_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_subway-visacard_2022_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chikamaru_info\/status\/1528979607998722050\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City Subway Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English <\/b><b>regularly<\/b><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. 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