BC Card
Native name | 비씨카드 주식회사 |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1982 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Korea |
Key people | Dongmyun, Lee, CEO |
Products | Credit cards Payment systems |
256,104,000,000 won | |
18,165,000,000 won | |
Parent | KT (69.5%) Woori Bank (7.65%) |
Website | www.bccard.com |
BC Card (Hangul: 비씨카드) 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 its subsidiary company Smartro; credit cards, 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."[1] 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
- Busan Bank
- Citibank Korea
- Daegu Bank
- KEB Hana Card
- Industrial Bank of Korea
- KB Kookmin Card
- Kyongnam Bank
- Kwangju Bank
- Jeju Bank
- Nonghyup
- Suhyup
- Shinhan Card
- Standard Chartered Korea
- Woori Card
- Korea Development Bank (not member, but issuer)
- K Bank (not member, but issuer)
- Korea Credit Union (not member, but issuer)
- Korea Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (not member, but issuer)
- Korea Post (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 cards and check cards (aka debit cards).
- BC South Korean domestic card
- BC Global (treated as Diners Club/Discover outside Korea, credit card (all issuers), check card (Issued by Wooricard, SC Bank only))
- BC Visa
- BC Master/Maestro
- BC JCB (Credit card only)
- BC CUP
- BC AMEX[2](Credit card only)
References
- ^ Seo, Ji-eun (February 4, 2008). "BC Card sets its sights on markets in China". Korea JoongAng Daily.
- ^ "BC카드, 프리미엄 브랜드 아멕스와 핵심업무 제휴·실행 계약 체결" (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-11-20.
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