TOKYO, Dec 14, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – JCB Co., Ltd, Japan’s prominent worldwide payment brand name, has actually accepted allow Korean code payment service * 1 offered by GLN at Smart Code merchants in Japan by the end of FY2023. This will make it possible for users of Korean code payment services such as GLN, KEB Hana Bank and KB Kookmin Bank to patronize Smart Code merchants in Japan. This is the 2nd case of a worldwide code payment provider embracing Smart Code, following KASIKORNBANK in Thailand.
South Korea has the biggest variety of tourists to Japan, with 5,525,900 * 2 South Korean visitors taking a trip to Japan in between January and October 2023. There is a growing need in Japan for access to code payment services readily available in Asia in order to catch incoming tourist costs, however as the specs for code payment services differ amongst payment company, there has actually been a system and functional problem for merchants to embrace code payments.
In action to those, JCB is working together with GLN to allow the approval of global code payments at Smart Code merchants in Japan by making GLN’s payment network Smart Code certified. Merchants embracing Smart Code will have the ability to accept worldwide code payments without the requirement for extra agreements or system and functional assistance.