Isn’t JBC acceptance in many countries through partnership agreements with US American Express or Discovery cards? Doesn’t that make them the same as using Visa or Mastercard?
I checked and it seems like only JCB is only independently used in Japan without the partnerships. I wonder why not the skip the middlemen and do it themselves?
Amex and Discover do not act as sketchy as Visa and Mastercard so no they’re not the same.
In the US, JCB and UnionPay cards are processed on Discover infrastructure. I suspect it’s a matter of instant broad acceptance, which is more appesling than trying to sign up 5 million new merchants.
Isn’t JBC acceptance in many countries through partnership agreements with US American Express or Discovery cards? Doesn’t that make them the same as using Visa or Mastercard?
I checked and it seems like only JCB is only independently used in Japan without the partnerships. I wonder why not the skip the middlemen and do it themselves?
Amex and Discover do not act as sketchy as Visa and Mastercard so no they’re not the same.
In the US, JCB and UnionPay cards are processed on Discover infrastructure. I suspect it’s a matter of instant broad acceptance, which is more appesling than trying to sign up 5 million new merchants.