Usually it takes about 2-10 days to receive the card. (In case of statutory holidays or extensions)
After receiving the credit card, you can activate it through three methods:
1. Call the customer service number of CITIC Credit Card Center from your landline or mobile phone number and follow the voice prompts to activate Card, set phone inquiry password and transaction password.
2. Web page activation, open the official website of CITIC Credit Card, activate the credit card according to the prompts, and set the telephone inquiry password (credit card online banking login password) and transaction payment password.
3. Public WeChat account, follow the prompts to activate the credit card, and set the phone inquiry password and transaction password.
Card opening
Since the card is sent by mail after the credit card application is approved, there is no guarantee that the recipient is the applicant. In order to protect applicants and banks from fraud losses, the credit card has set up a card opening procedure before it is officially launched. Card opening is mainly done by phone or online. The relevant personal information provided during the application is checked. Once the information is met, the card opening process is completed. At this point, the applicant becomes the card holder and can officially start using it after signing on the back of the card. After opening a credit card, you generally need to set up a password for the card.
After accepting a credit card, a credit card merchant or bank must review the validity of the credit card and the identity of the cardholder.
Identification
There is at least the following information on the credit card:
Front: name and logo of the issuing bank, credit card number (organization logo) and holographic anti-counterfeiting mark, Card number, English or Pinyin name, activation date (generally calculated to month), validity date (generally calculated to month), the latest issued card is equipped with a chip on the front, and the chip account and the card magnetic stripe account are two relatively independent accounts.
Back: Card magnetic stripe, cardholder signature field (must sign after activation), service hotline number, last four digits of the card number or the entire card number (to prevent fraudulent use), credit card security code (on the credit card On the signature line on the back, there are three digits immediately following the last four digits of the card number, which are used for credit card activation, password management, TV, telephone and online transactions, etc.).
Card opening
Since the card is sent by mail after the credit card application is approved, there is no guarantee that the recipient is the applicant. In order to protect applicants and banks from fraud losses, the credit card has set up a card opening procedure before it is officially launched. Card opening is mainly done by phone or online. The relevant personal information provided during the application is checked. Once the information is met, the card opening process is completed. At this point, the applicant becomes the card holder and can officially start using it after signing on the back of the card. After opening a credit card, you generally need to set up a password for the card.
After accepting a credit card, a credit card merchant or bank must review the validity of the credit card and the identity of the cardholder.
Identification
There is at least the following information on the credit card:
Front: name and logo of the issuing bank, credit card number (organization logo) and holographic anti-counterfeiting mark, Card number, English or Pinyin name, activation date (generally calculated to month), validity date (generally calculated to month), the latest issued card is equipped with a chip on the front, and the chip account and the card magnetic stripe account are two relatively independent accounts.
Back: Card magnetic stripe, cardholder signature field (must sign after activation), service hotline number, last four digits of the card number or the entire card number (to prevent fraudulent use), credit card security code (on the credit card On the signature line on the back, there are three digits immediately following the last four digits of the card number, which are used for credit card activation, password management, TV, telephone and online transactions, etc.).
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Credit Card