Taiwan ticket transportation card that looks like a Pokemon Monster Ball

In Taiwan, the EasyCard, which acts like a Korean transportation card, is used when taking trains or buses, or at convenience stores. What’s interesting is that easy cards can be selected in several shapes or sizes. The easy card in the form of a Niantic certified monster ball glows when payment is made.

It is said that the Monster Ball-type Easy Card was released in July 2019, and the initial quantity of 3,000 was sold out immediately. Until now, the cumulative sales volume is 14,000, but it still failed to keep up with the demand, so it started pre-orders even in the first decade.

The introduction of Easy Card in Taipei is 18 years ago. The secret to its popularity is the convenience of making payments without manually entering a password, and the stability that the bank account balance is not zero even if it is lost or stolen because the maximum amount that can be deposited is not high. Related information can be found here .