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JCB and Taiwan Rakuten Card launch new JCB Panda Card

Norbert Gehrke

18 Jan 2025 — 1 min read

JCB International has launched a new JCB Panda Card in collaboration with Taiwan Rakuten Card.

Taiwan Rakuten Card was established in 2014 with the approval of the Financial Supervisory Commission to enter the Taiwanese domestic credit card market, becoming the first e-commerce platform in Taiwan to issue its own credit card. By integrating e-commerce services, membership accounts, and in-house points, Taiwan Rakuten Card provides seamless online and offline services for online stores and consumers and a convenient environment for card use. In addition, it integrates powerful and cooperative merchants and stores in Japan to provide Rakuten cardholders with various travel services in Japan. Since January 2015, the number of cards issued in Taiwan has exceeded 300,000.

The newly launched JCB Panda Card offers up to 3% cashback on purchases made via two major mobile payment methods (Line Pay and JKO Pay) at selected merchants such as major airlines, gasoline stations and OTAs in the Taiwanese domestic market. As for other countries and regions outside Taiwan, the JCB Panda Card offers unlimited base 1.5% cashback with 3.5% in Japan, Korea and Thailand.

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