JCB International - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

JCB signs PaySquare as merchant acquirer in Benelux

JCB, the only Asia-based international payment brand, is pleased to announce that PaySquare B.V., a major party for issuing and acquiring of international payment products and services based in the Netherlands, will begin JCB merchant acquiring in the Netherlands in January 2006, to be followed by Belgium in March.

18 January 2006

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Korea's Chohung Bank issues JCB EMV smart card

JCB, the only Asian-based international payment brand, is happy to announce that Chohung Bank, Korea's oldest financial service institution with over 100 years of history has launched the Chohung 365 BC JCB Card smart card compliant with the global EMV standard.

17 January 2006

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Trintech receives JCB, Visa and Mastercard PCI EPP certification

Trintech Group Plc (NASDAQ: TTPA), a leading provider of transaction reconciliation and payment infrastructure solutions, today announced that PayWare OpenPay has been awarded the new Visa, MasterCard and JCB Payment Card Industry Certification for Encrypting PIN Pads (PCI EPP).

08 November 2005

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Egypt's Banque Misr extends JCB card acceptance to all merchants

JCB, a leading international payment brand, is pleased to announce that Banque Misr, Egypt's largest bank, will begin expanding JCB card acceptance to all its affiliated merchants in stages over the next few years starting this month.

11 October 2005

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Gemplus delivers EMV microprocessor modules to JCB

Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 - GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world's leading provider of smart card solutions, today announced that it has started to deliver multi-application EMV smart card microprocessor modules in mass volume to JCB, the largest card issuer in Japan.

05 September 2005

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JCB to adopt SAS Enterprise BI Server

SAS, the leader in business intelligence, announced today that JCB Co. Ltd., a major Japanese credit card company, will adopt SAS Enterprise BI Server for its new credit management system.

26 August 2005

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JCB deploys Axalto DDA-enabled smart cards

Since July 2005, JCB Co., Ltd and Axalto (Euronext: NL0000400653 - AXL) collaborate to offer Axalto's Dynamic Data Authentication (DDA)-enabled smart cards to JCB customers in Japan.

22 August 2005

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Japanese restaurant chain Royal to accept JCP Quicpay contactless payments

JCB, a leading international payment brand, is pleased to announce that Royal Group, a major restaurant chain in Japan, will be phasing in QUICPay acceptance from October this year.

19 August 2005

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Russia's Industry & Construction Bank starts JCB merchant acquiring

JCB, a leading international payment brand, is pleased to announce that one of Russia's largest banks, the Industry & Construction Bank, Plc. (ICB) based in St. Petersburg, began JCB merchant acquiring this month.

10 August 2005

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JCB licenses Experian-Scorex credit risk decisioning system

JCB, a leading international payment brand, has announced that it is partnering with Experian the global information solutions company, and will implement Experian-Scorex's Probe SM solution into in its credit card environment.

02 August 2005

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Bank of Shanghai to issue JCB branded credit card

JCB, a leading international payment brand, is happy to announce the June launch of a new Bank of Shanghai Shen Card (JCB) to be issued by Bank of Shanghai (BOS).

31 May 2005

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JCB implements Axway's File Broker in Europe

JCB, a leading international payment brand based in Asia, has implemented Axway File Broker to speed up the collection and processing of cardholder transaction information across Europe.

10 March 2005

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