Credit Saison
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History
Credit Saison was founded in 1946 as Script error: No such module "Nihongo". by Torajiro Okamoto. It was originally an operator of department stores specialized in installment selling.
Seibu Retailing Group, one of the (now former) subsidiaries of Seibu Railway, purchased Midoriya in 1976, attempting to add financial services to its portfolio of customer services. Midoriya's retailing division was transferred to Seibu Department Stores, and Midoriya itself was renamed Script error: No such module "Nihongo". retaining the credit management division.
Seibu Railway spun off Seibu Retailing in 1983 and Seibu Retailing was rebranded as Saison Group. Seibu Credit issued the first Saison Card in 1983. Seibu Credit finally rebranded itself as Credit Saison in 1989, standing as one of the Big Five core businesses of Saison Group.
Following the collapse of the Japanese asset price bubble in the 1990s, Saison Group fell into financial difficulties. The group's longtime president Seiji Tsutsumi was expelled from management in 1991. The group's creditors including Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Industrial Bank of Japan (now part of Mizuho Financial) pressed the group to restructure its business. Credit Saison parted from other retailers of Saison Group, and formed an alliance with Mizuho in early 2000s.
Saison Card
Credit Saison issues credit cards Script error: No such module "Nihongo". branded Visa, Mastercard, JCB, or American Express.
For their history, many cards are used by customers of former Seibu Railway group companies and Seibu Retailing Group companies including Seibu Railway, Seiyu, Parco, and MUJI. Sogo & Seibu was acquired by Seven & I and left the group, but Credit Saison and Seven & I founded a joint company and issued Saison Card. As a Mizuho financial group company, Mizuho Bank and many other banks issue cashcard/Saison Card joint card. Credi Saison also has issues for many other non-group companies.
Annual fees of Saison Card are free for normal cards, 1,575 yen to 3,150 yen for some cards, and 10,500 yen or more for gold or platinum cards.
Volume of new contracts
As of March 30, 2006:
- Credit card-related shopping services: ¥ 2,527,808 million JPY
- Agency services: ¥ 747,998 million JPY
- Cash advances: ¥ 618,921 million JPY
- Specialty loans: ¥ 120,117 million JPY
- Leases: ¥ 90,011 million JPY
References
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- Annual Report 2006. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. 2006-03-31.
- Fact Book 2006. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. 2006-03-31.
External links
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- Credit Saison Corporate info
- Prepaid Card Vanilla info
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- Financial services companies based in Tokyo
- Credit cards
- Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Companies in the Nikkei 225
- Financial services companies established in 1946
- Japanese companies established in 1946
- Fuyo Group