Under the terms of the agreement, JCB card members will be able to use their cards at purchase points in eight Asian countries, including Hong Kong, Macau, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Merchant Solutions currently allows merchants to accept Visa, MasterCard and China UnionPay branded cards in some of these markets. Statistics released by the Japan National Tourist Organisation (JNTO) indicate that almost 1.3 million Japanese travelers visited Hong Kong during 2008, spending HKD 3.5 billion, according to the Hong Kong Tourism board.
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