Do I have to charge an annual fee if the credit card is not activated?

You can't charge an annual fee without activation.

2011165438+1On October 27th, the CBRC officially issued the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Credit Card Business of Commercial Banks (hereinafter referred to as the Measures), which clearly regulated various problems in the rapid development of credit card business: in the future, banks may not charge annual fees if credit cards are not activated.

The Measures of the China Banking Regulatory Commission clearly stipulates that "gifts or gift certificates shall not be issued without the activation of credit card holders", and commercial banks are prohibited from giving gifts when handling credit cards.

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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.

The object of applying for credit card can be divided into units and individuals. Applicants should be organs, enterprises and institutions, foreign-invested enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households with independent legal personality in China. When applying for a credit card, each unit can get a main card and multiple (5- 10) supplementary cards as needed.

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.

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After receiving the application form and related materials submitted by the applicant, the issuing bank shall review the applicant's credit standing. The contents of the review mainly include the application.

No matter whether the content of the application form is true or not, the applicant should also evaluate his credit degree, and the individual should also review the relevant information of the guarantor.

Usually, the bank will review the information and economic situation of the applicant according to the application materials to judge whether to issue a credit card to the applicant. The factors considered include the applicant's past credit record, the applicant's known assets, professional characteristics, etc. The specific factors and process of the issuer's audit are trade secrets, which are generally difficult for the outside world to understand.

Different card-issuing banks have different standards. Therefore, the same materials may have different credit lines and different types of credit cards in different banks, and even some banks will pass the examination and some banks will refuse to issue them.

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