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  • 1995
  • 10.01Construction of call-in help desk
    07.03Opening of ‘BC House’ for exclusive telemarketing stores
    03.20Issuance of railway tickets
    02.25Designated as a official credit card for ‘97 Muju-Jeonju Winter U Contest’
  • 1994
  • 10.25Inaugural assembly of BC credit card association
    10.17Issuance of prepaid card
    10.01Number of merchants exceeds 400,000
    04.15Number of cardholders reaches 8 million
    04.13Signs an agreement with Yonsei Uni. Medical Center for processing consulting fee
  • 1993
  • 10.25Launched BC JCB Card(Domestic) and JCB-BC Card(Japan)
    06.11Number of cardholders reaches 7 million
    02.24Merchant number exceeds 200,000
  • 1992
  • 10. 20Starts automated train ticket-issuing service
    07.01Issued BC Scholarship Card
    02.01Acquisition and movement of HO (1587, Seocho-Dong, Seocho-Gu)
  • 1991
  • 10.03Paid-in capital increase into 20 billion won (Paid-in capital: 40 billion won)
    08.01Issuance of BC Visa Card
  • 1990
  • 02.28Number of card holders surpasses 5 million
  • 1989
  • 10.02Becomes a member of Visa International
    03.06License of insurance brokerage business from Insurance Supervisory Service
    01.03Registration of general travel business in the Ministry of Traffic
  • 1988
  • 05.01Expansion and movement of BC Card building (Hyunam Bldg., 1, Janggyo-Dong, Jung-Gu, Seoul)
    04.01Paid-in capital increase of 14.5 billion won (Paid-in capital: 20 billion won)
    02.29Free issue of new shares by 500 million won (Paid-in capital: 5.5 billion won)
  • 1987
  • 11.28Achievement of business license by the Ministry of Finance in accordance with Credit Card Business Act
    10.22Number of cardholders reaches 1 million
    09.18Change the name of Company into BC Card
  • 1986
  • 08.01Starts processing for Chungcheong Bank
  • 1985
  • 08.01Starts processing for 4 local banks (Daegu, Busan, Gyeonggi and Gyeongnam Bank)
  • 1984
  • 08.01Starts processing for 3 special banks (Nonghyup, Industrial Bank of Korea and Housing Bank)
  • 1983
  • 09.07Foundation of BC Card (Paid-in capital: 1.5 billion won)
    06.01Issuance of BC Master Card
    04.01Business tie with JCB, Japan
  • 1982
  • 09.01Becomes a member of Master Card International
    06.07Launches credit card business for banks
    04.01Establishment of Bank Credit Card Association by five member banks(Choheung, Commercial and SC First, Hanil and Seoul Bank)(Equity investment: 500 million won)