Installment purchase mediation - Kappukounyuu mediation

...(3) Prepaid specific transactions: These are cases involving the intermediation of sales and the provision of services, such as department store friend clubs and mutual aid societies, but are subject to regulations similar to those for prepaid installment sales. (4) Installment purchase mediation: These are cases involving installment sales using credit cards, etc., and are subject to legal regulations such as registration and deposit of security. In addition, consumers can assert contractual defenses against retailers, such as defects in products, against mediators such as card companies (this is called connection of defenses). ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "installment purchase mediation" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…(3)前払式特定取引　百貨店の友の会とか互助会のように，売買の取次やサービスの提供に関する場合であるが，前払式割賦販売とほぼ同様な規制を受ける。(4)割賦購入あっせん　クレジット･カード等による割賦販売の場合であり，登録制や保証金の供託等の法規制を受ける。また，消費者は販売業者に対する商品の欠陥等の契約上の抗弁事由をカード会社等のあっせん業者にも主張できる(抗弁の接続という)。…

※「割賦購入あっせん」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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