Credit to the Mobile Phone!
– Pushpa Sathish, Staff Writer
Japanese citizens are being provided with an added incentive to spend using their credit cards – the more they use their cards, the more mobile points they accumulate. These points can be used in lieu of money to pay for music downloaded using your phone or for any other mobile-related costs. To avail these services, you’d have to tie yourself to the services offered by both Credit Saison and Softbank Corp. Japan’s largest credit card issuer and smallest wireless operator. Washington Post reports:
Japanese mobile phone operators have been speeding efforts to add financial services to help retain customers and expand into e-commerce as subscriber growth has slowed and competition has fueled price cuts.