In 2022, credit transfers in Japan amounted to more than 3.5 quadrillion Japanese yen. E-money payments, comprised of IC-type e-money and QR code and barcode payments reached a value of 17 trillion yen.
Value of cashless payments in Japan from 2017 to 2022, by instrument type
(in trillion Japanese yen)
Credit transfers: transactions handled by the Zengin System and other retail payment networks (domestic only); excluding credit transfers through on-us accounts. Checks: transactions handled by all bill and check clearing systems in Japan. Payments by card with a debit function: based on data from four debit card networks (J-Debit, JCB, VISA, and UnionPay). E-money payments: figures include QR and barcode payments from 2018 onwards. E-money payments are not separated from payments by card with credit function.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.66 U.S. dollars or 0.61 euros as of April 2024.
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Bank for International Settlements. (February 13, 2024). Value of cashless payments in Japan from 2017 to 2022, by instrument type (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365807/japan-cashless-payment-value-by-instrument-type/
Bank for International Settlements. "Value of cashless payments in Japan from 2017 to 2022, by instrument type (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. February 13, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365807/japan-cashless-payment-value-by-instrument-type/
Bank for International Settlements. (2024). Value of cashless payments in Japan from 2017 to 2022, by instrument type (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365807/japan-cashless-payment-value-by-instrument-type/
Bank for International Settlements. "Value of Cashless Payments in Japan from 2017 to 2022, by Instrument Type (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365807/japan-cashless-payment-value-by-instrument-type/
Bank for International Settlements, Value of cashless payments in Japan from 2017 to 2022, by instrument type (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365807/japan-cashless-payment-value-by-instrument-type/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Value of cashless payments in Japan from 2017 to 2022, by instrument type (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], Bank for International Settlements, February 13, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365807/japan-cashless-payment-value-by-instrument-type/
