2002 December, 2002 12/20/2002 JCB the First to Offer Japan's Credit Card Users the Option to Choose their Maximum Monthly 12/16/2002 Payment AmountJCB and Turkiye Garanti Bankasi Sign Merchant Acquiring and Sales Processing License Agreement November, 2002 11/07/2002 JCB International and Vital Processing Services Team Up to Introduce JCB Smart Card Capability in United States September, 2002 09/25/2002 JCB Smart Card Issuance in Taiwan -The First Hybrid Card Issuance in Taiwan- August, 2002 08/07/2002 JCB Announces Total Number of Issued IC Cards Exceeds 3 Million -Marks significant step on road to full deployment of IC cards- July, 2002 07/29/002 JCB and euroConex Announce Strategic Partnership Agreement June, 2002 06/11/2002 JCB Awarded Contract for Loyalty Program Servicing by Osaka City March, 2002 JCB Expands Business in Vietnam and the South Pacific through the Licensing Partnership with ANZ -Expanding of the JCB Merchant Network- February, 2002 JCB's Expanding Business in China -Announces Plans to Issue Cards at Celebration of 20 Years of JCB in China- 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008