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Essential quotes:
"DoCoMo’s forthcoming launch of the world’s first mobile handset with a built-in credit card chip"
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"The move exploits the growing popularity of DoCoMo’s range of “e-wallet” handsets that allow the phones to be charged-up with pre-paid cash, waved over a contactless reader and used for a range of purchases in shops and restaurants. More than 11 million customers are regular users."
So if I understand well, one would swap one's phone over specific readers (JP only) just like with a normal credit card and voila !
The extension to other credit card issuer such as JCB will come in a 2nd phase that would broaden the usage quite some.
