I know that (US) Charles Schwab debit cards will be refused on Japanese steam or PS stores as their algorithm can tell the card is NOT from Japan since their system only recognizes cards that are issued from their own country. The same applies if a foreigner tries imputting a Charles Schwab card onto the Japanese app store (iOS) leading to rejections.

The same thing applies to both Revolut & Wise: as Japan PS store, Steam & App Store refuse cards that aren’t matching the region (perhaps due to potential fraud). It doesn’t matter if you have either, since PS store (JPN) for example won’t accept it, since they only cater to cards that are issued from the same region the store front is set in.

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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    4 days ago

    For Japan specifically, some retailers want to use 3dsecure (or something like that; it’s changed names and versions a few times over the years) which is only supported by domestic cards. Marketplaces that don’t care about that might be fine, or they might disallow based on some other criteria.