Mandates and payments roundup, October 4

VietinBank partners with JCB

State-owned Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade VietinBank and Japan Credit Bureau International JCBI, the international operations subsidiary of JCB, have partnered to launch a new card in Vietnam. VietinBank-JCB premium cardholders can use the new branded card at more than 34,000 JCB merchants throughout the country in addition to the 18 million merchants in JCB’s international network across 190 countries and territories.

JCB has been in Vietnam for more than 20 years and has now extended its partnerships to nine banks and financial institutions in the country. Its alliance with VietinBank has...