Lawson tests yen stablecoin payments at Tokyo store

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Lawson will run a limited August pilot that integrates JPYC, a regulated yen-pegged stablecoin, into the point-of-sale system at its Takanawa Gateway City store in Tokyo. HashPort, KDDI and Canal Payment Service are collaborating, with customers in the trial using HashPort Wallet barcodes scanned at the register and JPYC balances updated per transaction. The companies will assess POS integration needs, checkout operations, payment processing time and wallet usability. The test is a technical verification, not a national rollout, and serves as a real-world example of regulated stablecoins entering retail payments.

Lawson will pilot JPYC stablecoin payments at a Tokyo store.