Credit cards are divided into credit cards and quasi-credit cards. Credit card refers to a credit card in which the cardholder has a certain credit limit and can spend first and then repay. Quasi-credit card refers to a quasi-credit card in which the cardholder deposits a certain amount of reserve fund according to the regulations, and when the balance of the reserve fund account is insufficient to pay, it can be overdrawn within the prescribed credit limit. Credit cards generally refer to credit cards. In most cases, citizens with full civil capacity (citizens aged 65-438+08 in Chinese mainland) who have a certain direct source of income can apply for a credit card from the issuing bank. Sometimes, legal persons can also act as applicants. Because the credit card application is approved by post, there is no guarantee that the recipient is the applicant. In order to protect applicants and banks from being stolen, credit cards have card opening procedures before they are officially opened. Card opening is mainly through telephone or internet. , check the relevant personal information provided at the time of application, and go through the card opening procedures after meeting the requirements. At this time, the applicant becomes the cardholder and can officially start using it after signing on the back of the card. After a credit card is opened, it is generally necessary to set a password for the card.
Applicants should be organs, enterprises and institutions, foreign-invested enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households with independent legal personality in China. Individuals applying for credit cards must have a fixed occupation and a stable source of income, and provide guarantees to banks. The forms of guarantee include personal guarantee, unit guarantee and personal fund guarantee. The application method is generally by filling in a credit card application form, which generally includes the applicant's name, basic information, economic situation or income source, guarantor and its basic information. And submit some copies of certificates and vouchers to the issuing bank. After filling in the application form truthfully, the customer shall submit the completed application form and relevant credit certificate. A credit card contract is attached to the application form. The applicant authorizes the issuing bank or relevant departments to investigate the relevant information, and submit the information authenticity statement and the privacy protection policy of the issuing bank. , and must have the applicant's autograph.