{"id":1830,"date":"2013-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-04-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T00:00:00","slug":"problems-with-maestro-mastercard-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.com\/blog\/problems-with-maestro-mastercard-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Problems with Maestro Mastercard in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<\/div>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">A couple of days ago Mastercard issued an alert that non-Asian Maestro-branded chip-and-pin debit cards can&#8217;t be used in Japan currently, until the ATM network here finishes being upgraded. It&#8217;s a very specific subset of cards, but if you have one of these cards and are coming to Japan in the near future, don&#8217;t rely on that as your only source of money. There are two good choices:<br \/>1) Bring another source of money, such as a credit card.<br \/>2) You can send money to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.com\/payment-methods.htm\"> GenkiJACS&#8217; Unipay account<\/a>, and we will give it to you as cash at school.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mastercard.com\/jp\/personal\/jp\/cardholderservices\/atmlocations\/notification.html\">Mastercard&#8217;s page giving info about the alert<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><i>To: Cardholders of Maestro-branded EMV Cards issued outside of the Asia\/Pacific Region<br \/>Re: Temporary Suspension of Maestro ATM Acceptance in Japan<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much for patronage with MasterCard. As of April 19, 2013, all Maestro-branded EMV cards issued outside of the Asia\/Pacific region will be temporarily unable to withdraw currency at domestic ATMs, while the regional ATM network is upgraded.<\/p>\n<p>Maestro-branded EMV cards issued within the Asia\/Pacific Region, Maestro-branded cards without EMV chip, MasterCard-branded cards, and Cirrus-branded cards are not affected by this temporary suspension of service. Cardholders can continue to be able to use these other MasterCard products at ATMs and merchants across Japan.<\/p>\n<p>MasterCard is working with these customer financial institutions to enable full acceptance of all cards as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Please accept our deep apology for the inconvenience caused.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| A couple of days ago Mastercard issued an alert that non-Asian Maestro-branded chip-and-pin debit cards can&#8217;t be used in Japan currently, until the ATM network here finishes being upgraded. 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