Shinhan Card Co. Ltd. is Korea's biggest, global top-five
credit card company. Headquartered in
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...
, 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
Shinhan Bank Co., Ltd. () is a South-Korean bank headquartered in Seoul. It was founded under this name in 1982, but through its merger with Chohung Bank in 2006, traces its origins to the Hanseong Bank (est. 1897), one of the first banks t ...
. 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 The term check card can refer to:
* A debit card.
* In Ireland and the United Kingdom, similar cards known as cheque guarantee card
A cheque guarantee card was an abbreviated portable letter of credit granted by a bank to a qualified depositor i ...
and also operate under a
BC Card
BC Card () is a South Korean financial services company headquartered in Seoul. 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 ...
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.
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Visa
Visa most commonly refers to:
* Travel visa, a document that allows entry to a foreign country
* Visa Inc., a US multinational financial and payment cards company
** Visa Debit card issued by the above company
** Visa Electron, a debit card
** Vi ...
(includes domestic-only debit card)
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Visa Electron
Visa Electron was a debit card product that used the Visa payment system. It was offered by issuing banks in every country with the exception of Canada, Australia, Argentina, Ireland and the United States. The difference between Visa Electron a ...
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MasterCard
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Maestro
Maestro (; from the Italian '' maestro'' , meaning " master" or "teacher," plural: maestros or maestri) is an honorific title of respect, sometimes abbreviated Mo. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and oper ...
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JCB
**URS (Domestic Credit Card only. JCB handles international transactions.)
*BC
**BC South Korean domestic card
**BC
Visa
Visa most commonly refers to:
* Travel visa, a document that allows entry to a foreign country
* Visa Inc., a US multinational financial and payment cards company
** Visa Debit card issued by the above company
** Visa Electron, a debit card
** Vi ...
**BC
MasterCard
***BC
Maestro
Maestro (; from the Italian '' maestro'' , meaning " master" or "teacher," plural: maestros or maestri) is an honorific title of respect, sometimes abbreviated Mo. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and oper ...
(debit card only)
**BC
JCB (credit card only)
**BC
CUP
A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about . Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain), glass, metal, wood, stone, pol ...
See also
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Economy of South Korea
The economy of South Korea is a highly developed mixed economy. By nominal GDP, the economy was worth (US$1.87 trillion). It has the 4th largest economy in Asia and the 13th largest in the world as of 2025. South Korea is notable for its ...
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Shinhan Financial Group
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Shinhan Bank
Shinhan Bank Co., Ltd. () is a South-Korean bank headquartered in Seoul. It was founded under this name in 1982, but through its merger with Chohung Bank in 2006, traces its origins to the Hanseong Bank (est. 1897), one of the first banks t ...
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Namdaemun
Namdaemun (), the Sungnyemun (), is one of the Eight Gates in the Seoul City Wall, South Korea. The gate formed the original southern boundary of the city during the Joseon period, although the city has since significantly outgrown this bou ...
Homepage
Shinhan Card Homepage
References
Financial services companies of South Korea
Financial services companies established in 2002
2002 establishments in South Korea
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