{"id":71019,"date":"2025-01-30T11:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T11:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/japanese-eshop-end-payments-overseas-credit-cards-paypal-fraudulent-use"},"modified":"2025-01-30T11:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T11:57:39","slug":"japanese-eshop-end-payments-overseas-credit-cards-paypal-fraudulent-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/nintendo\/japanese-eshop-end-payments-overseas-credit-cards-paypal-fraudulent-use","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Japanese eShop Will No Longer Accept Payments With Overseas Credit Cards, PayPal To Prevent &#8220;Fraudulent Use&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has given players multiple payment methods to <strong><em>&#8220;pay for the products they love,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> giving them control over which option to make purchases, like using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/Support\/Nintendo-Switch\/How-to-Redeem-Points-for-a-My-Nintendo-Reward-1497983.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">My Nintendo Gold Points<\/a> or credit card options. However, they&#8217;ll be making massive changes regarding the payment systems when Japanese players purchase games, expansions, and other related content via the Nintendo eShop.<\/p>\n<p>This was announced on their official account on social media; however, these changes are coming into effect in March 2025 for their Japanese storefront. 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