1959, Bank of America issued an American bank card in California. Since then, many banks have joined the ranks of card-issuing banks.
In the 1960s, bank credit cards were quickly welcomed by all walks of life and developed rapidly. Credit cards are popular not only in America, but also in Britain, Japan, Canada and European countries. Since 1970s, Hongkong, Taiwan Province, Singapore and Malaysia have also started to handle credit card business.
In the 1960s, credit cards sprouted and developed rapidly in developed countries in Europe and America, such as the United States, Canada and Britain. After more than 50 years of development, credit cards have been widely accepted in more than 95% countries around the world.
In 1980s, with the reform and opening up and the development of market economy, credit cards, as electronic and modern consumer financial payment tools, began to enter China, and made great progress in the past decade.
After the financial crisis and the ups and downs of the domestic economy, the credit card market in China picked up on 20 16. By the end of 20 16, the total number of credit cards issued in China has exceeded 590 million. In 20 16, the transaction amount of credit card consumption in China reached 74 1.8 1 trillion, up by 10.75% year-on-year, and the proportion of credit card consumption in the total retail sales of social consumer goods continued to increase.
According to the "20 13-20 17 report on the in-depth investigation and investment strategic planning of China's credit card industry", since 20 10, the China government has implemented a prudent monetary policy and adopted a series of moderate austerity measures to curb the excessive rise of asset prices and control inflation, which shows that macro-prudential and strengthening capital supervision have become the supervision of China's banking industry.
The analysis shows that the evolution of the industry structure has further optimized and diversified the product portfolio, and also increased the research and development of new industry standards and mobile payment; Deepen credit penetration; Staging business is developing in depth.
20 12 February, the bank confirmed that the credit card is safer without password, and if it is stolen, it will share the responsibility with the bank. Enjoy an interest-free period of 25-56 days (or 20-50 days). Credit card consumption enjoys an interest-free period, and the bill amount is paid off before the due repayment date, without any cost. There is no interest-free repayment period for cash withdrawal, and five ten thousandths of daily interest will be charged from the date of cash withdrawal, and the bank will also charge a certain percentage of cash withdrawal fee.
China's credit card market is still one of the fastest growing product lines in China's personal financial services market. Although the economic benefits of the industry are full of challenges, the average annual growth rate of credit card issuance in China will remain at around 65,438+04% in the next 65,438+00 years, and the profitability will also tend to improve. It is estimated that by 2020, the cumulative number of credit cards issued in China will exceed 800 million.