Shinhan Card Co. Ltd. is Korea's biggest, global top-five credit card company. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company has a partnership with Shinhan Capital, and is an affiliate of Shinhan Financial Group. Shinhan Card was established in 1990, as a technical and business company licensed by Shinhan Bank. It introduced the technology of sending virtual one-time card numbers in Visa's 3-D Secure first in the world for its customers' security.

Brand

Shinhan Card both issues credit card and check card and also operate under a BC Card license inherited from Chohung Bank.

In the United States, most card readers will accept as Debit Mastercard Credit, all debit cards are using Credit Card transaction system.

Shinhan Card

• Domestic Card; South Korean domestic transaction system only. Both Credit and Debit Card number starts with 9XXX.

Visa (includes domestic-only debit card)

• Visa Electron

MasterCard

• Maestro

• JCB

• URS (Domestic Credit Card only. JCB handles international transactions.)

BC

• BC South Korean domestic card

• BC Visa

BC MasterCard

• BC Maestro (debit card only)

• BC JCB (credit card only)

• BC CUP

See also

• Economy of South Korea

• Shinhan Financial Group

• Shinhan Bank

• Namdaemun

Homepage

• Shinhan Card Homepage

References