Figured somebody here needs to ask this here.

  • Sunshine@piefed.caM
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    The payment options can expand, JCB was initially only available in the Japanese market and today there affiliated cards issued in Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

    Many canadian terminals here already accept them. They would be a great alternative.

    Wero is experiencing massive growth in Europe where more and more banks are accepting them.

    Nothing is set in stone.

    • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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      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?

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        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.

        • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
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          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.