Looking back on credit card & touch payment!Topics in January 2022

The full -scale start of minor points (a total of up to 20,000 yen for minor points (totaling up to 20,000 yen in total) is granted from around June) from around June.

Introducing the credit / prepaid card -related topics that became a hot topic in the previous month, including the campaign sponsored by the credit card company.In January, there were few new topics, but in February there was one after another, so we summarized the first week of February.● New service for PayPay cards Rakuten Card x Saison?Credit Saison has announced that it will end the service of Walmart Card Saison American Express Card (Walmart Card Saison) with Seiyu on March 31, 2022.The response is to respond to Seiyu's intentions.There is no burden on the user because it automatically delivers the switching card due to the elimination of the partnership.Seiyu plans to launch a member program with Rakuten this spring.For Seiyu's heavy user, the advantage may increase, so be aware of the follow -up.On February 1, PayPay Card started a new payment method, PayPay.PayPay Payment is a new cardless cashless payment service that allows you to pay the credit card virtual card (digital card) on the PayPay app (with a screening) and pay the usage of the month in the following month.At the same time, if you issue a plastic PayPay card, you can offer a PayPay card and make a credit payment at a store that does not support PayPay.If you use either PayPay or PayPay card three or more times as a new enrollment benefit, a payPay bonus is worth up to 7000 yen, and up to March 31, up to 10,000 yen equivalent to 10,000 yen.PayPay Payment is a new attempt to motivate the service itself to join a credit card, and the number of awareness and users of BNPL (BUY Now Pay Later) in which users are increasing rapidly in Japan.It may be a trigger.On February 1, Sumitomo Mitsui Card launched "Student Points" for students (card main members) who have filed their occupations as "students" (card main members) to add given points according to the amount of use for the target services.。The target period is until the end of December, the year of the graduation year.Students will check the details.The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which started on January 1, this year, the "2nd Mina Points", which can earn up to 15,000 yen worth of minor points, "7,500 yen is equivalent to 7,500 yen.It has announced that it will start accepting applications for "minor points" and "7500 yen equivalent to 7500 yen for a public money receipt account" around June this year.Mina points can only be selected from the cashless payment service that participates.Cashless settlement businesses are being recruited for secondary public offering, and there is a high possibility that the number of participants will increase as the full -scale start of June will increase, so it is better to wait for those who can get a total of 20,000 yen until around June.See.(BCN / Fumi Sagano)