Yes, there are staff on duty at the bank counters on weekends, and you can open and activate the card.
You can go to the business hall to activate, or you can activate it in other ways:
1. Activation method - phone activation
You can call the bank credit card 24-hour service From the hotline self-service voice menu, select card activation, activate the card and set a password according to the prompts.
2. Activation method - online banking activation
You can log in to the official bank credit card website and click to enter the online activation of the credit card function. Enter the ID number and card number to activate the card.
3. SMS activation: Follow the prompts in the letter sent by your credit card to send a text message to activate.
4. WeChat activation: Follow the bank’s credit card official account and activate your credit card online.
There are two activation methods: phone activation and online activation. The activation process for both is as follows:
Activate credit card by phone
Take Bank of Communications as an example. When you receive After using the Bank of Communications credit card, it must be activated before it can be used. Here we first teach users how to activate it by phone and set the transaction password.
The activation process of China Merchants Bank credit card customer service phone is as follows.
1. Call the 24-hour customer service hotline shown on the back of the credit card, select the appropriate language, and enter the cardholder's card number and query password.
2. Follow the voice prompts and select the card activation option under the "Credit Card Activation and Password Management" menu.
3. Enter the last 3 digits printed after the signature field on the back of the cardholder's credit card and press the # key to confirm.
4. Enter the cardholder’s home phone number and press the # key to confirm.
5. Enter the 6-digit number as the cardholder’s transaction password and press the # key to confirm.
6. Enter the 6-digit transaction password again and press the # key to confirm.
The transaction password is set successfully.
Activate credit card online: Still taking Bank of Communications as an example, I will tell you how to activate a credit card through the Internet.
1. First log in to the online banking page of the Bank of Communications credit card and enter the cardholder's card number and inquiry password.
2. Please change your query password promptly after logging in.
3. After your credit card initial password is successfully changed, please log in to online banking again.
4. After logging in for the second time, please click "Credit Card Activation" and enter the last 3 digits printed on the signature line on the back of your credit card and your home phone number according to the prompts on the page.
5. After successful activation, enter the 6-digit number as your transaction password according to the prompts.
6. If you have not checked the "Use password to confirm transaction" function on the application form, you can change the transaction mode to password signature method after the setting is completed