Shinhan Card Co. Ltd. is Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

's biggest, global top-five credit card

Credit card

A credit card is a small plastic card issued to users as a system of payment. It allows its holder to buy goods and services based on the holder's promise to pay for these goods and services...

 company. Headquartered in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, Korea, the company has a partnership with Shinhan Capital

Shinhan Capital

Shinhan Capital Co, Ltd. is a Korean financial company, established in 2003 with headquarters in Seoul, Korea. It was the financial services unit of Shinhan Financial Group. Its divisions are responsible for over 50% of Shinhan Bank revenue....

, and is an affiliate of Shinhan Financial Group

Shinhan Financial Group

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. is a South Korean financial holding company. As of 2007, Shinhan is the largest financial company in Korea; Shinhan Bank, its main subsidiary, is the first among banks....

. Shinhan Card was established in 1990 as a technical and business company licenced by Shinhan Bank

Shinhan Bank

Shinhan Bank , is a bank, headquartered in Seoul, Korea. Historically it was the first bank in Korea, established under the name Hanseong Bank in 1897. The bank was reestablished in 1982. It is part of the Shinhan Financial Group, along with Jeju Bank...

. It introduced the technology of sending virtual one-time card numbers in Visa's 3-D Secure

3-D Secure

3-D Secure is an XML-based protocol designed to be an added layer of security for online credit and debit card transactions. It was developed by Visa with the intention of improving the security of Internet payments and offered to customers as the Verified by Visa service...

 first in the world for its customers' security.

Brand

Shinhan Card both issues credit card

Credit card

A credit card is a small plastic card issued to users as a system of payment. It allows its holder to buy goods and services based on the holder's promise to pay for these goods and services...

 and check card

Check card

The term check card can refer to:* An identification card issued by a retailer allowing the holder to tender payment by check. Such cards were commonly issued in the United States by supermarkets and other retailers before the widespread use of debit cards....

 and also have BC Card

BC Card

BC Card is Korea's biggest credit card company. It is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It made up of 11 member companies. It is named "BC" for Bank & Credit.-Member companies:*Woori Bank*Nonghyup*SC First Bank...

 license inherited from Chohung Bank.

• Shinhan Card
  • South Korean domestic card
  • Visa (includes domestic-only check card)
    • Visa Electron
      Visa Electron
      Visa Electron is a debit card available across most of the world, with the exception of Canada, Australia, Ireland and the United States. The card was introduced by VISA in the 1980s and is a sister card to the Visa Debit card...
      
      
  • MasterCard
    • Maestro
      Maestro (debit card)
      Maestro is a multi-national debit card service owned by MasterCard, and was founded in 1990. Maestro cards are obtained from associate banks and can be linked to the card holder's current account, or they can be prepaid cards...
      
      
  • JCB
  • URS (local, treated as JCB outside Korea. credit card only)
• BC
  • BC South Korean domestic card
  • BC Visa
  • BC MasterCard
    • BC Maestro
      Maestro (debit card)
      Maestro is a multi-national debit card service owned by MasterCard, and was founded in 1990. Maestro cards are obtained from associate banks and can be linked to the card holder's current account, or they can be prepaid cards...
      
       (check card only)
  • BC JCB (credit card only)
  • BC CUP
    CUP
    The acronym CUP may refer to:* California University of Pennsylvania* Cambridge University Press* Canadian University Press, the press association of Canadian student newspapers* Candidatures d'Unitat Popular, a Catalan nationalist movement...
    
    

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