Card reciprocal agreements
# Card reciprocal agreements

In order to expand the acceptance of their credit and debit cards, many networks, such as Discover, JCB, UnionPay, BC Card, RuPay and TROY create alliances with other networks.

## Existing reciprocal agreements

The table below is designed so that one can easily look up his/her branded card in the first column, and see what other networks it is accepted on. Information, naturally, will be repeated as a result.

| Branded Card | Also Accepted Where You See | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| American Express | JCB | |
| BC Card | Discover JCB (Japan Only) UnionPay (China Only) RuPay (India Only) | Only BC Global Cards applied. Local BC Cards are not accepted outside South Korea. |
| Diners Club | Discover JCB (Japan Only) RuPay (India Only) UnionPay (China Only) BC Card (South Korea Only) TROY (Turkey only) | Excludes United States & Canada issued cards, which are MasterCard cards. |
| Discover | Diners Club JCB (Japan Only) RuPay (India Only) UnionPay (China Only) DinaCard (Serbia Only) BC Card (South Korea Only) TROY (Turkey only) | Discover acceptance at Japan's JCB started in 2008. |
| JCB | Discover Diners Club UnionPay (China Only) RuPay (India Only) BC Card (South Korea Only) American Express | As of October 12, 2007, JCB Cards must be accepted anywhere Discover Network Cards are accepted in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. |
| Pulse | LINK (UK Only) UnionPay (China Only) RuPay (India Only) | Most ATM Networks in the U.S. |
| RuPay | Discover Diners Club Pulse JCB (Japan Only) UnionPay (China Only) NETS (Singapore Only) Elo (Brazil Only) DinaCard (Serbia Only) BC Card (South Korea Only) | As of March 7, 2012, Discover Financial Services (DFS) and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced they have entered into a strategic alliance. |
| TROY | Diners Club Discover | |
| UnionPay | Discover (Credit cards) Pulse (Debit cards) JCB (Japan Only) BC Card (South Korea Only) RuPay (India only) | As of November 1, 2007, UnionPay cards may be accepted where Discover Network cards are accepted in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. |
