1. A credit card, also called a debit card, is a credit certificate issued by a commercial bank or credit card company to a qualified consumer. It is in the form of a card with the name, expiration date, number and cardholder's name printed on the front, and a magnetic stripe and signature strip on the back. Consumers with credit cards can go to special commercial service departments for shopping or spending, and then the bank will settle accounts with merchants and cardholders, and cardholders can overdraw within the prescribed limit.
2. Credit cards are divided into credit cards and quasi-credit cards. Credit cards refer to credit cards 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 as required, and when the balance of the reserve fund account is insufficient to pay, it can be overdrawn within the specified credit limit. The credit card generally refers to a credit card. In most cases, citizens who have full capacity for civil conduct (citizens aged 18 or above in Chinese mainland) and 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.
3. The object of applying for a credit card can be divided into units and individuals. The applicants should be institutions, enterprises and business units, foreign-funded enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households with independent legal personality within the territory of China. Each unit can get a main card and several (5-1) supplementary cards when applying for a credit card.
generally, the application method is to fill in a credit card application form, and the contents of the application form generally include the name, basic information, economic status or income source, guarantor and its basic information of the applicant. And submit certain copies of certificates and certificates to the issuing bank. After the customer fills in the application form truthfully, he should submit the completed application form and relevant credit certificate. The application form is accompanied by a contract for using a credit card. The applicant authorizes the issuing bank or relevant departments to investigate its relevant information, submit a statement on the authenticity of the information, the privacy protection policy of the issuing bank, etc., and must have the applicant's autograph.