Kirayaka Bank and T-Point Japan Announce Business Partnership for Point Services

2017.05.16 Press Releases
Kirayaka Bank Co., Ltd. / T-Point Japan Co., Ltd.

We are pleased to announce that Kirayaka Bank Ltd. (Head Office: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture; President: Awano Manabu; hereinafter referred to as "Kirayaka Bank") and T Point Japan Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kitamura Kazuhiko; hereinafter referred to as "T Point Japan") have entered into a business partnership for point services.

Through this business partnership, the T-Point service will be introduced for financial products handled by Kirayaka Bank around June 2017. This partnership is the first of its kind for a financial institution in Yamagata Prefecture. Details of the T-Point service at Kirayaka Bank will be announced once they are decided.

Kirayaka Bank and T Point Japan will continue to provide even more convenient financial services to customers using both companies' services in Yamagata Prefecture.

Overview of the T Point Service

T Points are used by 62.33 million people (as of the end of March 2017, the number of members who used the service in one year after name aggregation), which is equivalent to one in two people in Japan. T Points are the largest common points service in Japan and can be used in all aspects of daily life, including convenience stores, supermarkets, drugstores, restaurants, clothing stores, electronics retailers, mobile phones, online shopping, and electricity, at a total of 640,000 stores from 168 companies.
In Yamagata Prefecture, where Kirayaka Bank has its head office, there are 400,000 T-Card users, or 36.1% of the prefecture's population, and T-Points can be used at 448 stores.

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Kirayaka Bank and T-Point Japan Announce Business Partnership for Point Services

Inquiries regarding this matter
T-Point Japan Co., Ltd. Public Relations Officer
TEL: 03-6800-4464