Company Profile
History of Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited| December, 1967 | Establish Sumitomo Credit Service Co., Ltd. |
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| June, 1968 | Begin credit card business. |
| January, 1976 | Begin loan business for cardholder. "Sumitomo Member's Loan" |
| February, 1980 | Begin issuing VISA Card available both domestically and internationally. |
| June, 1980 | Begin issuing of co-brand card. |
| April, 1982 | Begin issuing of gold card. "Sumitomo VISA Gold Card" |
| September, 1982 | Begin setting of Credit Authorization Terminal (CAT) at the merchants. |
| October, 1982 | Begin setting of cash dispensers in Tokyo and Osaka. "VISA Cash Machine" |
| June, 1983 | Begin issuing of VISA gift certificate. "VISA Gift Card" |
| September, 1985 | Begin issuing "Amitie Card" exclusively for femail customer. |
| May, 1986 | Begin issuing of businessmen's card. "Executive Card" |
| January, 1987 | Begin issuing of student card. "Debut Card" |
| April, 1989 | Begin issuing of MasterCard. |
| July, 1989 | Begin issuing of Gold Card for youth in twenties. "Young Gold Card 20s" |
| October, 1992 | Begin revolving payment. |
| January, 1994 | Begin issuing of photo card. |
| August, 1999 | Begin overall internet payment service. "Vp@ssClub" |
| August, 2000 | Begin issuing of premium card. "Sumitomo VISA Platinum Card" |
| December, 2000 | Begin issuing of internet payment card. "Virtual Card" |
| April, 2001 | Rename to "Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd.". |
| April, 2001 | Begin issuing of chip card. |
| April, 2001 | Obtain the license for using of "Privacy Mark" (JIS Q15001) first in the financial industry. |
| July, 2001 | Reorganize the VISA/MasterCard business of Sakura Card Co., Ltd. |
| July, 2001 | Begin installment payment. |
| December, 2001 | Begin issuing of flexible payment card. "My- Pace Card" |
| February, 2003 | Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
| July, 2003 | Start a new call center "For You Center" in Osaka. |
| November, 2003 | Begin a new financial service "One's Style" in collaboration with SMBC. |
| March, 2004 | Become Japan's first issuer of "VISA Mini Card". |
