I got a smbc visa card. I am not able anymore to pay outside japan. For example i wanna buy train tickets in EU site but it just says no.
That’s pretty bad. Does anybody know if there’ s anything i can do, how can japan be outside of international visa system. I think it was working a few years ago. Does anybody hit the same issue and what did you do to overcome it ?
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double check your card settings (you can do this in the app)
there’s a section on use in foreign countries
ive used mine outside of japan last golden week
Usually that has to be turned on explicitly. That’s for safety purposes. Typically you set a date range that the card is valid internationally
I exclusively used my SMBC card in the US last week. Works fine. Turn on foreign use
Thanks for your comments. I am speaking about paying online not im a shop or wirhdraw money. I did check both card account and bank account but did not find anyrhing relevant. If you jabe some clues i ll be happy. I read japanese.
Are you inputting the correct billing address (I.e your Japanese address) for the online purchase?
Check your text messages, it probably sent you a link to a page where you can authorize the transactions. Assuming you still have a Japanese phone number.