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Zento Shin Issue: Economy Ministry Finds Payment Processors Include Major Firms

From NHK · () Japanese

Translated from Japanese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Official statement Under investigation
  • Japan's Economy Ministry is investigating the payment-processing sector after Zento Shin went bankrupt and some credit-card transactions became unavailable.
  • The ministry's investigation has found that businesses use payment processors, including major companies, although the supplied report is truncated before giving further details.

Japan's Economy Ministry is investigating the country's payment-processing services after Zento Shin went bankrupt, causing some credit-card payments to stop working.

The ministry said its investigation so far found that businesses use payment-processing companies, including major card firms. The supplied report ends before providing further details of the findings.

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Originally published by NHK in Japanese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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