JCB Co., Ltd.

JCB Co., Ltd.
株式会社ジェーシービー
Private
Industry Financial services
Founded 1961
Defunct April 30, 2018 (U.S. only)
Headquarters Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
 Worldwide (select regions)
Key people
 Takao Kawanishi (川西　孝雄)
(Executive director)
Products Payment systems
Credit cards
Total assets Increase ¥ 10.61610 billion
Number of employees
 2,706 (2012)
Website www.global.jcb

JCB Co., Ltd. (株式会社ジェーシービー, Kabushiki gaisha jē shī bī) (an initialism of the company's former name, Japan Credit Bureau) is a credit card company based in Tokyo, Japan. It is accepted at JCB merchants, it also in a strategic alliance with Discover Network merchants in the United States, UnionPay merchants in China, American Express merchants in Canada, and RuPay merchants in India.

History Point

Founded in 1961 as Japan Credit Bureau, JCB established dominance over the Japanese credit card market when it purchased Osaka Credit Bureau in 1968, and its cards are now issued in 20 different countries. 69.26 million JCB cardmembers worldwide use their cards to purchase over US$62.7 billion of goods and services annually in 190 countries worldwide.[1] JCB also operates a network of membership lounges targeting East Asian travelers in Europe, Asia and North America.

Since 1981, JCB has been aggressively expanding its business overseas. JCB cards are issued in 20 countries numbering almost 9 million, in most countries JCB is affiliated with financial institutions to license them to issue JCB-branded cards. All international operations are conducted through its 100%-owned subsidiary, JCB International Credit Card Co., Ltd.

In the United States, JCB is not a primary credit card network such as Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. While the brand was primarily accepted by tourism-related businesses such as airlines, car rental companies, hotels, Japanese speciality retailers and select department stores it gained wider acceptance when on August 23, 2006 JCB announced an alliance with the Discover Network. The two companies signed a long-term agreement that led to acceptance of Discover Network brand cards at JCB point-of-sale terminals in Japan and of JCB cards on the Discover network in the U.S. This partnership became operational in 2011.[2]

Local JCB accounts in the United States were issued by JCB USA, and offered to residents of California, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii.[3] JCB USA stopped issuing JCB cards in the American market on January 8, 2018, and closed all current consumer credit card accounts on April 30, 2018.[4] Foreign JCB cards continue to work through the Discover network partnership.

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Consumer cards

Japan

  • JCB The Class
  • JCB Gold The Premier
  • JCB Gold
  • JCB Gold Extage
  • JCB Standard
  • JCB Corporate Card
  • JCB JALCARD
  • All Nippon Airways JCB Credit Card
  • Korean Air Skypass JCB Credit Card
  • Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer JCB Credit Card
  • Delta Skymiles JCB
  • JTB Card
  • Honda C-card
  • Synergy JCB
  • AEON JCB Credit Card
  • APLUS Gold Credit Card
  • TS Cubic Card
  • Seven Card
  • Cedyna OMC. (Orange members club)

China

  • BOC CUP-JCB Credit Card
  • Bank of Shanghai CUP-JCB Credit Card
  • Toyota China Merchants Bank Credit Card
  • China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. CNY-JPY JCB Credit Card

Taiwan

  • JCB Standard
  • JCB Gold
  • JCB Platinum
  • JCB Precious
  • JCB Grand
  • JCB Eternity
  • JCB Debit
  • JCB Precious Debit

Hong Kong

  • AEON JCB
  • Bank of East Asia Platinum JCB

South Korea

  • Shin Han NANO Card
  • KB Card Star
  • Lotte Card JCB
  • BC Card JCB

Thailand

  • AEON Card JCB
  • KTC JCB
  • Krungsri JCB Platinum
  • KBank JCB Platinum

Philippines

  • BDO JCB Lucky Cat
  • BDO JCB Gold
  • RCBC Bankard myDream JCB
  • RCBC Bankard JCB Classic
  • RCBC Bankard JCB Gold

Singapore

  • UOB JCB Platinum Card

Indonesia

  • Maybank (BII) JCB Platinum Credit Card
  • BNI JCB Platinum Credit Card
  • CIMB Niaga JCB Ultimate Credit Card
  • BRI JCB Platinum Credit Card (roll-out starting in 2017)

Bahrain

  • Credimax JCB Classic Credit Card
  • Credimax JCB Gold Credit Card

Brazil

  • Caixa JCB Único Card

United States

All JCB USA cards were discontinued and consumer account closed on April 30, 2018.

  • Marukai Premium JCB Card
  • Marukai JCB Card
  • Mitsuwa JCB Card

Austria

  • JCB Balance

Pakistan

  • Bank of Khyber JCB Debit Card

Sponsorship

References

  1. ↑ Merchants - FAQ
  2. ↑ Using Your Discover card in Asia
  3. ↑ JCB Card - How to Apply
  4. ↑ FAQs for Service Discontinuation of JCB Card in US Market
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