January 21, 2015, Tokyo, - JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB, today announced that China Construction Bank (CCB), a major commercial bank in China, is launching Japan Traveling Credit Card with JCBI card targeting Chinese who travel to Japan. CCB will start issuing the new card later this month.
Japan Traveling Credit Card gives customers access to wide range of special services in Japan including three days free mobile Wi-Fi router rental and discounts on admission to popular sightseeing spots. JCB cardmembers outside Japan can also take advantage of standard JCB card services such as discounts at duty-free shops at selected airports and free gift certificates when making reservations at 6,000 hotels in Japan1 for Platinum cardmembers.
CCB is one of China's biggest banks, with a branch network extending throughout the country and a firm customer base. CCB has been a JCB merchant acquiring partner since 1995 and a card issuing partner since 2010 and is steadily building credit card business together with JCB.
“The number of Chinese travelling to Japan is growing dramatically, and I expect Japan Traveling Credit Card will serve the needs of such travelers. Japan Traveling Credit Card is focused on providing cardmembers with top-level service and will make their trip to Japan more enjoyable,” said Kimihisa Imada, Deputy President of JCBI. “China is one of the most important markets with over 10 million JCB cardmembers. I look forward to continuing to work with our partners such as CCB to enhance our payment related services for cardmembers in China,” he added.
JCB partner banks in China have been issuing JCB cards since 2005 and now there are over 10 million cards in the market issued by a total of 10 partner banks . From January to November 2014, about 2.2 million Chinese tourists visited Japan, an increase of 82.2% over the year before , and continuing steady growth is expected.
1 Gift certificate amount varies with room charges.
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