When CITIC Bank's credit card is activated, only users who apply for a credit card online for the first time must go to the counter of CITIC Bank's business hall to activate it, otherwise they cannot use it. When applying for a credit card through other channels, the ways to activate the credit card are:

1. Customer service phone activation:

After receiving the credit card, the cardholder can call the customer service telephone number of CITIC Bank Credit Card Center at 400-889-5558, and complete the password setting for card opening and telephone inquiry according to the guidance of the customer service staff.

2. Online activation:

The cardholder logs in to the online banking of CITIC Bank (), clicks "Log in to online banking", and selects a credit card to open the card according to the operation prompts.

3. SMS activation:

When applying for a credit card, use the mobile phone number registered in the bank, edit the short message "4 digits after kk+ card number+4 digits after home phone number" (for example: kk00008888), or edit the short message "4 digits after kk+ card number+6 digits after ID number" and send it to 10698009558 to activate card opening.