China Merchants Bank credit card overseas transactions exceed1000billion, ranking first for8consecutive years in the credit card overseas transaction market
Three major strategic upgrades create a leading position in overseas consumption
The reason behind being the "top choice for going abroad" is inseparable from China Merchants Bank credit cards' accurate insight into the needs of outbound travelers and effective grasp of overseas consumption trends. Since2002pioneering the overseas consumption market, China Merchants Bank credit cards have continuously made breakthroughs and innovations in the three major areas of products, marketing, and services for over10years, accumulating a large fan base.
Currently, China Merchants Bank offersVisaAll-in-One Currency Cards, All-in-One Platinum Cards,MasterCardAll-in-One Currency Cards and other overseas consumption card products. Recently, it has also partnered with the world's largest online accommodation booking platformBooking.comBooking.com to launch the first all-in-one currency co-branded card—the China Merchants BankBooking.comBooking.com All-in-One Currency Co-branded Credit Card—further improving the structure of its overseas product offerings. Today, as long as customers carry a China Merchants Bank all-in-one currency credit card, no matter which country they go to, they can enjoy the consumption experience of "making foreign currency purchases anywhere in the world and repaying in RMB" and "exempt from1.5%foreign currency conversion fees," truly achieving "one card, all currencies, global access."
According to popular trends in different periods, China Merchants Bank credit cards design marketing activities that better align with public demands, such as the recently launched Overseas New Year Benefits: cardholders can enjoy double points rewards on overseas spending,VISAAll-in-One Currency Cards offer overseas spending...5%Cashback rewards on card spending, and spend a minimum of510,000 on Mastercard Global Currency Card to get5000points or hotel1nights, spend a minimum of820,000 to get10000points or hotel2nights. Plus, enjoy merchant discounts at over 10,000 locations in four key overseas spending destinations: Hong Kong, Australia & New Zealand, the United States, and Europe.
China Merchants Bank credit cards place even greater emphasis on a refined “one-stop” service model, and have created an exclusive overseas “Travel & Duty-Free Shopping” channel on their official2000100-million-userAppmobile app, “Zhangshang Life.” Through the “Travel & Duty-Free Shopping” channel, customers can not only book visas online, download global hotel and flight coupons, but also reserve car rentals, purchase global tickets and flights, redeemWiFielectronics, and apply for installment payment plans, among other benefits. In addition, China Merchants Bank credit cardsoffer7*24*365days of uninterrupted customer service, emergency replacement card services, and personalized overseas temporary credit limit adjustments, allowing more cardholders to experience considerate, premium service.
Three Innovative Layouts to Explore Global Spending Trends
2016In 2024, China Merchants Bank credit cards have once again focused on expanding their overseas market presence, gaining deep insights into evolving consumer behavior for outbound travel, and proudly launching three major overseas travel initiatives. With comprehensive regional coverage, personalized product activities, and premium one-stop services, these initiatives are set to sweep the global travel market and will further solidify China Merchants Bank credit cards’ leading position in overseas spending.
To broaden coverage across popular global destinations and enhance the overseas travel experience for cardholders, China Merchants Bank credit cards have fully deployed the “Global Route Map Plan”: “Fantastic Australia & New Zealand,” as the newest member of the “Fantastic Travel” brand, will make its debut first, offering users exclusive benefits for travel to Australia. “Fantastic Hong Kong” places greater focus on users’ shopping needs, aggregating a variety of consumption rewards. Additionally, “Fantastic Asia,” “Fantastic Europe,” “Fantastic USA,” and “Fantastic Duty-Free Shopping” will be launched successively, operating globally with year-round availability.
With the rapid increase in outbound travel, travelers’ purposes are becoming more diverse. China Merchants Bank credit cards have identified the varied emotional needs of cardholders and developed the “Fantastic Overseas Selection Plan”: offering more differentiated and personalized premium outbound travel services based on different time periods, age groups, and travel purposes—such as family-friendly parent-child trips that care for children’s growth, honeymoon trips exclusively for newlyweds, and study-abroad trips for young students—fully meeting users’ outbound travel needs.
China Merchants Bank credit cards have long been widely praised in the market for their quality service.2016In 2024, China Merchants Bank credit cards will also launch the “Overseas Travel Butler Plan”: based on the officialApp“Zhangshang Life” app, continuously enriching and perfecting the “Travel & Duty-Free Shopping” platform to systematically provide customers with a comprehensive one-stop outbound travel service covering visas, flights, hotels, tickets, car rentals,WiFiand more, along with global exclusive perks.
Relying on years of high-quality service and product innovation in the overseas market, China Merchants Bank credit cards have built a globally connected spending ecosystem, continuously upgrading and refining the overseas card usage experience for customers, making them the top choice for more cardholders traveling abroad.