Differences Between a Credit Card and Charge Card
May 24th, 2010 by
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A credit card is a part of payments named after a small plastic card issued to users of system. It is a card entitling its holder to buy goods and services based on the holders promise to pay for these goods and services. The issuer of the card grants a line of credit to the user from which the user can borrow money to give the merchant or cash advance. A credit card is different from a charge card, where a charge card requires a cash balance to be paid in full each month. In contrast credit card allow the consumers to revolve their balance at the cost of interest charged. Most credit cards are issued by ‘local banks’or’credit unions’. A grace period is given to the users to pay the balance before the interest is charged on the outstanding balance. Normally 20 to 50 days of grace period is given by the issued bank. If a customer is late to pay the balance finance charges will be calculated.
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