JR East, Mizuho to issue IC card with cash, credit, ticket functions

JR East, Mizuho to issue IC card with cash, credit, ticket functions

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Seiji Sugiyama (L) and East Japan Railway Co. President Mutsutake Ohtsuka show off a specimen of an IC card jointly developed by the two companies at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 28. The card to be issued in 2006 combines the functions of a cash card, credit card and train fare card.

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