Mobile Carriers and Credit Card Business: A Brief Study-Focusing on KDDI THE CARD

Overview

This white paper introduces credit card services offered by two mobile carriers in Japan, NTT DoCoMo and KDDI au, mainly focusing on the service by KDDI au.

Recognizing the credit card business as a promising income source in the matured market, the mobile carriers in Japan have entered the segment, creating new business models.

Similar development might be expected in Korea in the future. However there remains some issues to be resolved between the mobile carriers and card companies in terms of personal financial information.