Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Understanding Debit Cards

Janet uses her bank debit card for almost all her monthly purchases. Asked why she doesn't just pay with cash, she says that she prefers the convenience of a debit card. "It's safer than carrying cash. And you don't have a huge bill to pay at the end of the month."
"I like the pay-as-you-go concept where you only spend what you have rather than borrowing" as you would with a credit card, she adds. And of course, if you don't pay off your credit card completely each month, "there are the hefty credit charges." They can run 9 percent to 20 percent.
If you want the convenience of a credit card, but don't want interest payments or a large bill to pay off monthly, then a debit card may be the answer for you, too. Debit cards work like cash or a personal check. The money you "charge" is automatically deducted from your bank account.
Yet, debit cards don't have the same protections from unauthorized use as credit cards.

2 comments:

  1. I think credit card works different from the debit card. It is issued after a credit card application has been made to the issuer. The issuer then lends money to the credit card holder generally on different rates of interest. Most credit cards are having almost the same shape and size around the globe.
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  2. I think credit card is a way of payment by using the plastic cards which are issued to customers for their payment. It is because using the facility of credit finance it does not remove or decrease the balance of the amount of account holder from his account.
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