Key Takeaways:

• Bitbank and EPOS Card launched Japan’s 1st Visa credit card, allowing monthly installment payments using BTC.
• Bridging crypto and credit, the Visa card pays a 2,000 yen bonus and 0.5% rewards in bitcoin, ether, and astar.
• Looking forward, Bitbank and EPOS will expand the Visa card to support more crypto assets.

Bitbank and Epos Launch First Crypto Payment-Enabled Credit Card in Japan

The intersection of traditional credit instruments, such as credit cards, and cryptocurrency is coming to Japan.

Bitbank, a Japan-based exchange, and EPOS Card, a company providing inclusive financial services, have partnered to issue Japan’s first crypto payments-enabled credit card. While the monthly installments on regular credit…