Well, I should clarify it's not widely accepted out of japan because it's a japanese payment processor. Most banks I know don't offer JCB but do offer visa and master.
it's a bit like alipay or wepay, which is used by China. But because so many fucking chinese go on trips overseas, you see more countries internationally use them.
Wasnt there a other post that only 17% of japanese have passports? Versus like 80% of british and 50% of americans? So japanese doesnt really visit other places to use their JCB.
Japan HAS its own payment processor. JCB. Had it since the 90s. They're just not widely accepted
Any reason like ease of use? Too long for transactions? Etc.
Well, I should clarify it's not widely accepted out of japan because it's a japanese payment processor. Most banks I know don't offer JCB but do offer visa and master.
it's a bit like alipay or wepay, which is used by China. But because so many fucking chinese go on trips overseas, you see more countries internationally use them.
Wasnt there a other post that only 17% of japanese have passports? Versus like 80% of british and 50% of americans? So japanese doesnt really visit other places to use their JCB.
Last I knew, they had reciprocal agreements with Novus (Discover) and American Express, where if a place accepts those it probably accepts JCB.
But that was back when non-Japanese citizens could get JCB cards so I don't know how much that has changed.
Hmmm. Im not sure about novus but ive seen places with the amex sign next to visa and mastercard but no jcb sign