Samsung Card
company
Samsung Card Co, Ltd. (Korean: 삼성카드) is a South Korean credit card company. Samsung Card was established in 1988 as a technical and business company licensed by Samsung Electronics. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Samsung Card merged with Samsung Capital in 2004. The company is owned by Samsung Life Insurance (71.9%). By the end of 2017, the number of individual credit card users was 9.64 million, and the asset value of products was 21,181.9 billion won. Total billings (cumulative) in 2017 is 122,217.3 billion won.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q624076. VIAF identifies the subject as 3514152140031411100003. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988, 2004 and 2017.
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