How Do Credit Cards Work: A Guide for Beginners

Credit cards play a vital role in building credit scores and creditworthiness. In addition, it earns you redeemable points, cashback, or miles.

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We all know how to swipe, tab, or dip the plastic money to pay for daily purchases, but how do credit cards work?

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Knowing the credit card types and how they function help you become a responsible consumer. It’ll help you understand their purpose, maximize benefits and avoid debts and financial ruin.

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A credit card is the purchasing power of an individual, stored in plastic, metal, or digital card. It offers a revolving line of credit for making purchases.

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What seems like a simple purchase decision when you pay using a credit card undergoes a complex process.

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It involves a customer, his/ her issuing bank, Merchant, and the acquiring bank, along with a payment processor and payment network.

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Besides big banks like Bank of America, Capital One, Citi, and Wells Fargo, many other banks and credit unions issue credit cards.

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Secured credit cards work like debit cards, where your credit limit depends on your security deposit. The security deposit acts as collateral for the credit.

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Cashback credit cards provide cash back on every qualifying purchase. The credit card issuer determines the amount of cashback and qualifying purchases.

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How Do Credit Cards Work: A Guide for Beginners

Credit cards play a vital role in building credit scores and creditworthiness. In addition, it earns you redeemable points, cashback, or miles.

We all know how to swipe, tab, or dip the plastic money to pay for daily purchases, but how do credit cards work?

Knowing the credit card types and how they function help you become a responsible consumer. It’ll help you understand their purpose, maximize benefits and avoid debts and financial ruin.

A credit card is the purchasing power of an individual, stored in plastic, metal, or digital card. It offers a revolving line of credit for making purchases.

What Is a Credit Card?

What seems like a simple purchase decision when you pay using a credit card undergoes a complex process.

How Do Credit Cards Work?

It involves a customer, his/ her issuing bank, Merchant, and the acquiring bank, along with a payment processor and payment network.

How Do Credit Cards Work?

Besides big banks like Bank of America, Capital One, Citi, and Wells Fargo, many other banks and credit unions issue credit cards.

How Different Types of Credit Cards Work

Secured credit cards work like debit cards, where your credit limit depends on your security deposit. The security deposit acts as collateral for the credit.

How Do Secured Credit Cards Work?

Cashback credit cards provide cash back on every qualifying purchase. The credit card issuer determines the amount of cashback and qualifying purchases.

How Do Cashback Credit Cards Work?

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