A fun UX that’s arrived in only some Japanese taxis, for your edification: Your back-of-seat ad display has a button saying Japan Taxi (name of app) in it. It has a QR code. The app has you register a payment method (during *one* taxi ride); you scan the bar code any time to pay
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This gets you the best part of the Japanese taxi experience (everything) with the best part of the US rideshare experience (no fumbling for a card and waiting for a receipt to print at end of ride).
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“What about credit risk?” Presumably they’ve calculated that a) this is Japan so credit risk is minimal and b) should someone have a transient payment failure in real time they just have you update your payment creds before the next trip ends (or stop facilitating payments).
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Phone users (especially those on contract) have very low credit risk, because your contract usually have a clause to redeem excess fees and fees you are already vetted when you signed the contract. The taxi company must have an agreement with telcos to clear this up.
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They're not using carrier billing, though, they're using "pre-register a CC" or ApplePay/etc.
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