JCB Co., Ltd. (株式会社ジェーシービー), formerly Japan Credit Bureau, is a credit card company based in Tokyo, Japan.
History
Japan Credit Bureau was founded in 1961 by Sanwa Bank (now MUFG Bank) and Nippon Shinpan (now Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS), as the country's second credit card issuer and payment network after the Japanese branch of Diners Club International. JCB firmly established itself in the Japanese credit card market after purchasing, and then absorbing, Hokkaido Credit Bureau and Osaka Credit Bureau in 1968. As of 2020 its cards are issued to 130 million customers in 23 countries.[3] JCB also operates a network of membership airport lounges for holders of their Platinum Cards issued outside Japan.[4]
JCB cards are issued in 24 countries. In most of these, JCB is affiliated with financial institutions to issue JCB-branded cards.
In the United States, JCB is not a primary credit card network such as Visa