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In 1989, Citi was the first foreign bank to introduce credit cards in Indonesia. In 1993, CitiPhone, a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week customer service program was launched. In 2013, Citi launched CitiMobile. [2] In 2023, United Overseas Bank acquired Citi's consumer business in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. [1]
On March 13, 2007, Discover Financial Services announced the Discover Motiva card, the credit card that gives cardmembers cash rewards for making six on-time monthly payments in a row. This card was the industry's first credit card to give cash rewards for good credit management.
Capital One Financial Corporation is an American bank holding company founded on July 21, 1994 and specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings accounts, headquartered in Tysons, Virginia with operations primarily in the United States. [2]
The first online credit card was launched in September 1999. [2] It was only possible to operate an Egg account over the internet, or via their call centre. Egg specialised in savings and general insurance, together with loans, credit cards and mortgage products. [3] The business was sold in January 2007 to Citigroup.
Citibank U.A.E. used to support their own Citi Pay [33] [34] digital wallet for their debit and credit cards. This mobile wallet was discontinued on 30 June 2019. Apple Pay is supported on Mastercard Credit Cards only and was rolled out on 15 September 2020. [35] Google Pay was enabled for Citi Mastercard Credit Cards on 1 April 2023. [36]
Citibank began operations in 1902 in Calcutta ().[1] [2]In the late 1980s and 1990s, the division was one of the first banks to offer credit cards in India. [3]In 1992, Citibank India was alleged to have played the leading role in allowing or facilitating the market manipulation that drove up prices of shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange during the 1992 Indian stock market scam.
In March 2011, Barclays announced that it would be buying the British credit card business of Egg from Citigroup for an undisclosed price. At the time of the announcement, Barclays claimed that the credit card assets consisted of 1.15 million accounts with approximately £2.3bn of gross receivables. [10]
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