Can I apply for a social security card at the bank?

Social security cards can be handled in the bank. The social security bureaus in different cities cooperate with different banks. You need to ask the social security bureau in your city specifically and then go to the bank to handle it.

Generally speaking, banks are: CCB, ICBC, Bank of Communications, Agricultural Bank of China and other banks. The full name of the social security card is the Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China. It is an integrated circuit card that the public can apply for according to law. It is mainly used for government social management and public services in the fields of human resources and social security, and has the functions of information recording and information inquiry.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 7 The administrative department of social insurance in the State Council is responsible for the management of social insurance throughout the country, and other relevant departments in the State Council are responsible for the relevant social insurance work within their respective functions and duties.

The social insurance administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall be responsible for the social insurance management within its administrative area, and other relevant departments of the local people's government at or above the county level shall be responsible for the relevant social insurance work within their respective functions and duties.

Eighth social insurance agencies to provide social insurance services, responsible for social insurance registration, personal rights and interests records, social insurance benefits payment and other work.

Article 58 An employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay.

Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.