TOKYO -- China is turning to a playful tool for testing its digital currency, deploying Japanese-style gachapon capsule toy vending machines that accept cashless payments in Beijing at venues linked to the 2022 Olympics.
Such vending machines apparently are a perfect instrument for the tests because small payments are made frequently, according to Delfino, the Shanghai-based company that makes, sells and operates the machines in China. Delfino is a unit of Osaka housing builder Okura.
