au Financial Service, Nudge, and JCB Partner to Build a Card Co-Creation Platform
The partnership moves card issuance away from the card company led model toward a shared platform where the brand or community that holds the audience drives the membership base.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
au Financial Service, Nudge, and JCB have signed basic agreements between au Financial Service and Nudge, and between au Financial Service and JCB, to build a card platform that lets companies and communities launch their own credit cards. The three partners plan to combine customer touchpoints with financial, payment, and card issuance functions to form new membership bases in areas such as younger generations, Web3, and entertainment.
The head offices put the three companies in Minato-ku and Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. au Financial Service president Atsushi Nagano, Nudge representative Takashi Okita, and JCB president Takayoshi Niju lead the respective sides. Under the plan, au Financial Service contributes its financial and payment business knowledge, Nudge contributes cloud-native credit card infrastructure and card operation know-how, and JCB contributes its payment network and its functions as an international card brand. The parties describe the burden from planning to service launch, including partnerships with international brands, card issuance infrastructure, and operational management, as an issue the platform is meant to reduce.
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