Samsung Card

{{short description|South Korean company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Samsung Card Co, Ltd.

| native_name = 삼성카드

| native_name_lang = ko

| former_name = {{ubl| Sejong Credit Card (1983–1988) | Samsung Credit Card (1988–1995)}}

| logo = Logo of Samsung Card.png

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{kse|029780}}

| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1983|03|01}}

| area_served = {{Unbulleted list|Greater Tokyo Area|Most of South Korea|New York metropolitan area}}

| hq_location = 67, Sejong-daero, Jung-gu

| hq_location_city = Seoul

| hq_location_country = South Korea

| key_people = {{ubl| Kim Yi-tae (CEO)}}

| industry = {{ubl|Credit Cards}}

| revenue = {{br list | {{nowrap|{{increase}} 2.7898{{nbsp}}trillion}}}}

| revenue_year = 2024

| operating_income = {{br list | {{nowrap|{{increase}} ₩885.4{{nbsp}}billion}}}}

| income_year = 2024

| net_income = {{br list | {{nowrap|{{increase}} ₩664.6{{nbsp}}billion}}}}

| net_income_year = 2024

| assets = {{br list | {{nowrap|{{increase}} ₩29.4941{{nbsp}}trillion}}}}

| assets_year = 2024

| equity = {{br list | {{nowrap|{{increase}} ₩8.4862{{nbsp}}trillion}}}}

| equity_year = 2024

| owner = {{ubl| Samsung Life Insurance (71.87%) | Treasury stocks (7.9%) | National Pension Service (6.02%) | Employee stock ownership (0.2%)}}

| num_employees = 2,002

| parent = Samsung Group

| subsid =

| website = [https://www.samsungcard.com/personal/main/UHPPCO0101M0.jsp Official website in Korean]

| footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.samsungcard.com/company/introduction/history/UHPPCI0104M0.jsp|title=연혁|publisher=Samsung Card|date=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502164046/https://www.samsungcard.com/company/introduction/history/UHPPCI0104M0.jsp|archivedate=2 May 2025|accessdate=2 May 2025|author1=}}{{cite web|url=https://comp.fnguide.com/SVO3/ASP/SVD_Main.asp?gicode=A029780|title=SAMSUNG CARD 029780|publisher=FnGuide|date=December 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502172849/https://comp.fnguide.com/SVO3/ASP/SVD_Main.asp?gicode=A029780|archivedate=2 May 2025|accessdate=2 May 2025|author=}}

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

|hangul=삼성카드

|hanja=三星카드

|rr=Samseong Kadeu

|mr=Samsŏng K'adŭ

|}}

Samsung Card Co, Ltd. (Hangul: 삼성카드) is a South Korean credit card company.{{Cite journal|date=September 2016|title=Asia-Pacific's Largest Acquirers|url=http://files.constantcontact.com/610724ae101/1f134a60-3c5d-48c7-8536-80757c2d03d0.pdf?platform=hootsuite|journal=The Nilson Report|issue=1094}} Samsung Card was established in 1988 as a technical and business company licensed by Samsung Electronics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.samsungcard.com/company/english/introduction/history/UHPPCI0204M0.jsp|title=History_About Samsung card_Samsung Card|website=www.samsungcard.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-25}} Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Samsung Card merged with Samsung Capital in 2004. The company is owned by Samsung Life Insurance (71.9%).{{Cite news|url=http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/economy/finance/728431.html|title=삼성생명, 삼성카드 최대주주 됐다|date=2016-01-28|work=The Hankyoreh|access-date=2018-05-25|language=ko|trans-title=Samsung Life is Samsung Card's largest shareholder}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.samsungcard.com/company/IR/performance-highlight/business-highlight/UHPPCI0130M0.jsp|title=Performance of Business Highlight_Samsung Card|website=www.samsungcard.com|language=ko|access-date=2018-05-25}} Total billings (cumulative) in 2017 is 122,217.3 billion won.

List of Past Executives

= Chairman & CEO =

  • Lee, Pil-Gon (1994)

= Vice Chairman =

  • Hwang, Hak-Su (1995–1996)
  • Choi, Do-Seok (2009–2011)

= President & CEO =

  • Jeon, Beol-Jae (1978–1983)
  • Choi, Joong-Yeon (1984–1988)
  • Lee, Seung-Young (1988–1993)
  • Nam, Jung-Woo (1993–1995)
  • Lee, Kyung-Woo (1998–2003)
  • Yoo, Seok-Ryul (2003–2009)
  • Park, Keun-Hee (2004–2005)
  • Choi, Chi-Hun (2011–2014)
  • Won, Ki-Chan (2014–2020)
  • Kim, Dae-Hwan (2022–)

= Executive Vice Presidents =

  • Lee, Siyong (1993–1994)
  • Lee, Kyung-Woo (1997–1998)
  • Lee, In-Jae (2018–2019)
  • Kim, Dae-Hwan (2020–2021)

= Executive Director =

  • Bae, Myung-Ho (1983–1984)

See also

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