Users
989Knimoca is a rechargeable Japanese transport IC card that also works as electronic money at participating shops. A tap settles bus, rail or retail purchases from its stored balance, while nationwide interoperability connects the regional brand with other supported transport-card areas.
Use cases:
Channels:
Initiation:
Markets
1TPV
$64MTransactions
24MEstimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, October 2026
Capabilities
Initiation & Authentication
Funding & Requirements
Processing & Settlement
Transaction Management
Refunds & Disputes
Additional native capabilities
Markets
Estimated Monthly Usage, Aurato Research, October 2026
PSPs
No PSP implementations have been mapped for this method yet.
Schemes
Compliance
Regulator
Bank of Japan



