BC Card (
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The ...
: 비씨카드) is a South Korean
financial services
Financial services are the economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit-card companies, insurance companies, accountancy companie ...
company headquartered in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...
. South Korea's largest payment processing company, it provides end-to-end payment services, primarily to financial institutions, as well as to local merchants through its subsidiary company Smartro;
credit card
A credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services based on the cardholder's accrued debt (i.e., promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts plus the o ...
s,
debit cards and
prepaid cards; local brand network operation under the brand of "BC"; card issuing BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) to financial institutions; as well as Internet commerce and mobile payment solutions.
Global Payment Services
BC Card is a leading company in the Korean card industry and is growing into a global payment company, aiming to become a global payment provider. In 2008, when it established a local subsidiary in China, it launched a partnership with China Union, a Chinese credit card company, and launched the "China Series Card."
Currently, BC Card is in charge of buying tickets (inbound) of foreign-issued Union Card in South Korea, so if you use a Union Card issued in China, the buyer will be stamped with BC Card on the receipt.
Member companies
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Busan Bank
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Citibank Korea
Citibank Korea ( ko, 한국씨티은행) is a South Korean subsidiary of Citigroup.
Citibank Korea was named the worst bank in terms of consumer complaints, according to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) in 2015.
History
It was founded a ...
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Daegu Bank
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KEB Hana Card
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Industrial Bank of Korea
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK; ) is a state-owned bank headquartered in Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Under the Industrial Bank of Korea Act, IBK was established to promote small and medium-sized businesses and improve their economic status by ...
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KB Kookmin Card
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Kyongnam Bank
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Kwangju Bank
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Jeju Bank
Jeju may refer to:
* Jeju Island (Jejudo), an island near South Korea
* Jeju Province (formerly transliterated Cheju), a province of South Korea comprising Jejudo
**Jeju City, the biggest city on Jejudo
**Jeju dog, a dog native to Jejudo
**Jeju la ...
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Nonghyup
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Suhyup
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Shinhan Card
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Standard Chartered Korea
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Woori Card Woori may refer to:
*Woori Bank (Hangul: 우리은행 Uri Eunhaeng, SWIFT HVBKKRSE, numeric 020), bank headquartered in Seoul, South Korea
*Woori CBV Securities Corporation (formerly known as Bien Viet Securities), Vietnam provider of financial and ...
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Korea Development Bank
Korea Development Bank (KDB Bank, SWIFT: KODBKRSE) is a wholly state-owned policy development bank in South Korea. It was founded in 1954 in accordance with The Korea Development Bank Act to finance and manage major industrial projects to expedite ...
(not member, but issuer)
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K Bank (not member, but issuer)
*Korea Credit Union (not member, but issuer)
*Korea Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (not member, but issuer)
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Korea Post
Korea Post is the national postal service of South Korea, under the authority of the Ministry of Science and ICT, formerly Ministry of Knowledge Economy until 2013. Korea Post is in charge of postal service, postal banking, and insurance ser ...
(not member, but issuer)
*National Forestry Cooperative Federation (not member, but issuer)
*Korean Federation of Savings Banks (not member, but issuer)
Brand
BC Cards are branded
credit card
A credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services based on the cardholder's accrued debt (i.e., promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts plus the o ...
s and
check cards (aka debit cards).
*BC South Korean domestic card
**BC Global (treated as
Diners Club
A diner is a small, inexpensive restaurant found across the United States, as well as in Canada and parts of Western Europe. Diners offer a wide range of foods, mostly American cuisine, a casual atmosphere, and, characteristically, a com ...
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Discover
Discover may refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''Discover'' (album), a Cactus Jack album
* ''Discover'' (magazine), an American science magazine
Businesses and brands
* DISCover, the ''Digital Interactive Systems Corporation''
* ...
outside Korea, credit card (all issuers), check card (Issued by Wooricard, SC Bank only))
*BC
Visa
Visa most commonly refers to:
*Visa Inc., a US multinational financial and payment cards company
** Visa Debit card issued by the above company
** Visa Electron, a debit card
** Visa Plus, an interbank network
*Travel visa, a document that allows ...
*BC
Master
Master or masters may refer to:
Ranks or titles
* Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans
*Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...
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Maestro
Maestro (; from the Italian '' maestro'' , meaning " master" or "teacher") is an honorific title of respect (plural: maestros or maestri). The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera, in line with the ubi ...
*BC
JCB
JCB may refer to:
* JCB (company), a British manufacturer of heavy industrial and agricultural vehicles
* JCB Co., Ltd., originally Japan Credit Bureau, a credit card company based in Tokyo, Japan
* JCB Prize, a literary award sponsored by the c ...
(Credit card only)
*BC
CUP
A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, c ...
*BC
AMEX(Credit card only)
References
External links
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Credit cards
Financial services companies established in 1982
Financial services companies of South Korea
1982 establishments in South Korea
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