1 In 1978, Bank of China Guangzhou Branch took the lead in signing an agreement with Bank of East Asia to handle foreign credit card business, and credit cards entered the China market for the first time.

1 In March, 1985, Bank of China Zhu Hang Branch issued the first1RMB credit card in the history of China-Zhujiang Credit Card.

1June, 1986, Bank of China Beijing Branch issued RMB "Great Wall Credit Card", which was later designated by Bank of China as the unified title of credit cards issued by the national banking system.

1987165438+10 In October, China Industrial and Commercial Bank Guangzhou Branch issued the "Cotton Tree Credit Card".

In the same year, the Bank of China joined the VISA and MasterCard organizations at the same time, and issued the Great Wall MasterCard in US dollars on 1988, thus making the China credit card go global.

1989 10, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China launched "Peony Credit Card", which is used nationwide.

1990 In May, the People's Construction Bank of China launched the RMB MasterCard in Guangzhou, also known as MasterCard.

1991February, Agricultural Bank of China issued "RMB Jinsui Credit Card".

In March of the same year, the People's Construction Bank of China launched RMB Visa credit card in Beijing.

1 July 9931day, Bank of Communications launched RMB Pacific Credit Card.

At the beginning of 1995, ICBC and Shanghai Airlines jointly launched "Peony Shanghai Airlines Co-branded Card", which announced the birth of 1 Co-branded Card in China and marked the entry of Co-branded Card into the credit card market in China.

1 99665438+1On October 8th, Hainan officially issued the1interbank IC card to the whole society.