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
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