Some Credit Card Basics

By Bobbie McKee

Some people get in trouble with credit cards because they don’t completely understand how the card is supposed to work. They only know that a piece of plastic comes in the mail that they can use it in stores and pay the bill later. Knowing how credit cards work can assist you use them sensibly.

Credit card companies make money when you pay them interest. The company determines the sum of interest you pay each month by using the annual percentage rage, or APR. A fixed APR doesn’t vary much over time. Should your credit card company change the APR, they must inform you before it is enlarged. The variable APR can alter from time to time. You can find out which kind of APR you have by reading your credit card application.

The grace period is the number of days that you can pay off your Continue Reading…

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Online Credit Cards: How To Apply For Them And What To Look Out For

By Ewen Chia

With the advent of the Internet, almost everything has been rendered deliverable with digital speed.

You could order items online, for example, and the same would be shipped to your doorsteps the next day. You could pay your bills through online channels as well.

And most definitely, you could apply for a credit card online, a process that gave birth to a tag for the cards acquired as such: online credit cards.

Clarifying The Term “Online Credit Cards”

The term “online credit cards” would be a little confusing for most. It shouldn’t be taken to mean that one would be able to procure online credit.

Only the application and the usage are referred to by the term “online credit cards” because the same can be applied for on the Internet, and correspondingly, can be used for transactions in the Continue Reading…

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