A credit card cannot be used after it expires. If the user receives a replacement card from the bank, the new card can be used after activating the new card, and the old card will be completely invalid.

The debt, limit, rights, points, etc. of the old card will be transferred to the new card. If you no longer want to use your credit card after it expires, you still have to pay off all outstanding balances before you can cancel it.

Credit cards refer to various media that record cardholder account information, have bank credit lines and overdraft functions, and provide cardholders with related banking services.

Main features of credit card:

1. Credit card is one of the fastest growing financial services today. It is an electronic currency that can replace traditional cash circulation within a certain range. ;

2. Credit cards have both payment and credit functions. Cardholders can use it to purchase goods or enjoy services, and can also obtain certain loans from card issuers by using credit cards;

3. Credit cards are high-tech products that integrate financial services and computer technology.

4. Credit cards can reduce the use of cash;

5. Credit cards can provide settlement services, facilitate shopping and consumption, and enhance a sense of security;

6. Credit cards It can simplify payment procedures and save social labor;

7. Credit cards can promote product sales and stimulate social demand.

In most cases, citizens who have full capacity for civil conduct (citizens over 18 years old in mainland China) and have certain direct financial resources can apply for a credit card from the card issuing bank. Sometimes, legal persons can also serve as applicants

Those who apply for credit cards can be divided into units and individuals. Applicants should be institutions, enterprises and business units, foreign-funded enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households with independent legal person status in my country. Each unit applying for a credit card can receive a main card and multiple (5-10) supplementary cards as needed.

Individuals applying for credit cards must have a fixed occupation and a stable source of income, and provide a guarantee to the bank. The forms of guarantee include personal guarantee, unit guarantee and personal capital guarantee.

The application method is generally by filling in a credit card application form. The content of the application form generally includes the name of the applicant, basic information, economic status or source of income, guarantor and his/her basic information, etc. And submit certain copies of documents and certificates to the card issuing bank. After the customer fills in the application form truthfully according to the content, the customer must also submit the relevant credit certificate while submitting the completed application form. The application form is accompanied by a credit card use contract. The applicant authorizes the card-issuing bank or relevant departments to investigate its relevant information, and submits a statement of the authenticity of the information, the card-issuing bank's privacy protection policy, etc., and must have the applicant's signature.