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How To Maximise Your Credit Card Use
The user should pay the debt on or
before the due date to avoid penal interest. Typically the
amounts owed if paid within the stipulated period calls for a
waiver of interest. The ease of using a credit card makes it
popular with all age groups.
A credit card transaction is a retail transaction using a
credit system. Credit Cards are made of plastic and often
referred to as Plastic Money. Using a credit card does not
remove money from the user’s account, but lends it to the user.
The user can “revolve” his/her balance, but then he or she has
to pay the applicable interest on the credit utilized. Credit
card benefits are numerous. It gives freedom of using money even
when you cannot afford it. Using a credit card is simple. Let me
elaborate on this!
A lending company/bank approves a credit card account of the
user. The user is then issued a credit card. The user to can use
the credit card to make purchases from merchants who accept this
card up to a pre-determined credit limit. At the time of
purchase, the one who is using the credit card agrees to pay the
amount back credit card issuer at a later date.
The user then signs a receipt with record of the card
details. Alternatively, the card is swiped and the one using the
credit card is asked to fill in his or her PIN (Personal
Identity Number). Nowadays merchants use verbal authorizations
via Internet or telephone, known as ‘Customer Not Present’ or
CNP transaction. Electronic Verification System makes verifying
validity of the card easy. Data is collected through the black
film, which has a stripe or a chip on the card. This system is
called EMV card.
Each month the user receives a statement
indicating the purchases done on the card, records of payments,
outstanding dues and the total amount owed. A due date is given
with the amount owed which is to be paid by the one using the
credit card. The user should pay the debt on or before the due
date to avoid penal interest. Typically the amounts owed if paid
within the stipulated period calls for a waiver of interest. The
ease of using a credit card makes it popular with all age
groups.
Credit Card Benefits are many. Let me
enumerate a few:
- Using a
credit card is convenient way to make payments. No more of
those checking all your pockets for cash.
- Using a
credit card is safer than actual cash. If your wallet is
picked you can report a stolen credit card and not the
money.
- Nowadays,
online shopping is fast becoming popular. Without using
credit cards you can never imagine shopping online.
- Using a
Credit Card means “Buy now Pay later” which appeals to a lot
of people these days.
- Using a
Credit card works like a safety rope when you are in a
financial tangle.
- Using a
Credit card will help create better credit ratings - that is
if you pay on time.
- Using a
credit card saves time and money. You now do not need to
think how much cash to take anywhere.
Just let the plastic do
the thinking. Many credit card agencies give big discounts
around festive seasons; they accumulate and become net earnings
too.
So to conclude, using a credit card is a
great way to shop around for your personal and household needs.
With more incentives doled out by
credit card companies, Benefits of credit cards do add up to
result in good savings too.
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