JCB International

117 results about this entity

Period: 02 Sep 2004 - 21 Oct 2024

Visa talks up merchant PCI compliance

Card association Visa says 65% of the largest US merchants are now compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), up from 36% in December 2006.

Union Bank of Taiwan first to issue JCB contactless card

Union Bank of Taiwan is to be the first bank in the world to issue contactless cards under the J/Speedy programme developed by Japanese card issuer JCB.

Hitachi and JCB team for biometric payments system

Electronics giant Hitachi is teaming with Japanese card issuer JCB to develop a biometric payment system based on its finger vein authentication technology that can be used as an alternative to cards and cash at the point of sale.

JCB to use Visa Asia Pacific's contactless card spec

Japanese card issuer JCB is to share Visa Asia Pacific's contactless specification in a bid to increase acceptance of its J/Speedy contactless cards at merchant locations outside of Japan.

PCI security standards council established

US card issuers American Express, Discover Financial Services, MasterCard and Visa, along with Japan's JCB, are forming an independent council that will manage the on-going development of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards.

Discover and JCB ink network access deal

Morgan Stanley unit Discover has inked a deal with Japanese card issuer JCB that will allow its US customers to use their cards to pay for purchases made in Japan.

KDDI to add JCB e-payments system to mobile phones

KDDI Corporation, Japan's second largest wireless operator, is to pre-install JCB's payments software on its mobile phones in a bid to compete with m-payment services offered by it's larger rival NTT DoCoMo.

JCB to trial mobile contactless payment scheme in Europe

Japanese card issuer JCB says it will conduct trials of its mobile contactless payments technology in Amsterdam this autumn.

MasterCard launches two factor authentication products; sets IPO terms

MasterCard is introducing new two-factor authentication products designed to enhance security of both online banking and e-commerce transactions via a range of Internet-connected devices, including mobile phones and PDAs.

JCB agrees to MasterCard contactless payments protocol

Japanese card issuer JCB says it has agreed to share a common contactless communications protocol based on MasterCard's PayPass ISO/IEC14443 implementation specification.

Gemplus launches 'plastic fantastic' card range

French smart card vendor Gemplus has launched a range of innovative and unconventional card designs, dubbed "plastic fantastic", which it says will enable card issuers to differentiate their offerings.

EMVCo introduces common payment application spec

Card standards body EMVCo is introducing a common payment application (CPA) specification for debit and credit card processing in an effort to lower costs and ease the migration burden for banks switching to EMV-based smart cards.