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By: CCN.com
In layman's terms, credit card is a small piece of plastic that easily fits in your wallet and acts as a substitute for cash. However, that's really a layman's definition. A credit card is actually an agreement of credit between you (the person who uses the credit card) and the financial institution (who provides you credit or credit card services) that you will pay back the borrowed money (the expenditure you make using your credit card) to the financial institution in accordance with the terms and conditions defined in the agreement. In plain words, it's an agreement between a lender and borrower where the lender is the credit card company and the borrower is you.
The application for credit card is actually the service agreement and has all the terms and conditions that applies to your credit card. You should always read these terms and conditions carefully, especially the ones related to fees, interest rates or any kind of monetary charges. Generally, the credit card companies charge a small annual fee to provide this service to you.
The general eligibility criterion for acquiring a credit card is pretty simple - you must be over 18 years and have a regular source of income. However, the credit card company will check your credit history and ask you to provide references etc before they qualify you as eligible for getting a credit card from them. Credit history is maintained by all the financial institutions who give credit and you might already be using the services of one or more financial institution in the form of a mortgage or a car loan. Credit history is nothing but your payback history of any credit you have taken from any financial institution.
Credit cards have undergone a lot of transformation since their advent. Most credit card companies provide a range of products (or credit cards) to cater to the needs of various sections of the society and to attract more and more customers. These include co-branded cards which are actually collaborations between a credit card company and a business organization (e.g. a departmental store). Such co-branded cards provide discounts to the consumer whenever he/she pays the business organization using that particular credit card. One such example of a co-branded card is the American Express Delta Sky Miles Card. There are other cards which are in fact floated by big business chains or department stores themselves e.g. JCPenny or in fact any big business. Such cards offer special benefits to their customers. Thus there are all sorts of credit cards available in the market and you really need to evaluate your needs before you arrive at the card which suits you the best.
However, all the credit cards or credit card products can really be classified into 2 types of credit accounts:
Revolving account: As the name suggests, in this type of account the credit revolves every month i.e. you have the option to make either a full payment every month or a partial one. Of course, if you make no payment then besides the amount you owe, you also have to pay a penalty fees and interest. Revolving accounts are the most popular ones and the department-store credit cards or the ones issued to individuals initially belong to this category. When one refers to a credit card in general, one is referring to a revolving credit type of account.
Charge type: Here, the agreement is that the consumer will pay back full amount owed every month. So no interest charges are involved here unless you default.
This should give you a fair idea about what we mean by a credit card. Thus begins your journey on the fascinating world of credit cards.
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