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The balance amount here is simply = Full amount -
(payment made by you). This interest is added to your
balance for the next month (at the time of next billing
cycle). If you again make a partial payment, the new
balance is calculated again and the credit card rate
(monthly one) applied to it for calculation of new
interest; and it keeps going on and on until you make the
full payment.
Now, you can not only shop from the comfort of your home,
you can even get discounts on these products. This is
really amazing. No need to bother about the weather, no
need to worry about the traffic jams or any other thing.
Just go to an e-shop, select a product, make use of their
online credit card payment-acceptance facility to make the
payment and be ready to receive the goods at your
doorstep.
Another risk mitigation instrument used by the college
credit card suppliers is the interest rate or APR. The APR
on college credit cards is generally higher than that for
other credit cards. Again, this is done to dissuade the
students from overspending on their college credit card
(and finally not being able to pay their credit card
bills).
With online credit card processing facility, starting a
business (an online business) has become just unbelievably
easy.
That's how credit card rate acts in this vicious circle.
Hence, credit card rate is termed as the most important
consideration in choosing a credit card.
However, if we were to look at these impositions in a
positive sense, we would find that these are actually in
favour of the student (who is still getting trained to take
on the real world of credit cards). Moreover, college
credit cards also help the students in establishing a
(good) credit history which is another important benefit
that becomes handy when the student needs any type of loan
at a later stage in his/her life. So, college credit cards
are really something that every student should consider
going for.
However, there is nothing without pitfalls. One of the
pitfalls of online credit card usage is the possibility of
online credit card fraud. This online credit card fraud
can happen in two ways. The first one is related to the
company, on whose website you made online credit card
payment for purchase of goods; this company itself could
be fraudulent i.e. it could take the online credit card
payment from you but not deliver the goods to you.
Put simply, a credit card is just a small piece of plastic
that easily fits in your wallet. Well, it's not 'just a
piece of plastic'; it's a very powerful piece of plastic
which can be regarded as a compressed form of cash. We can
define credit cards as a credit system that allows the
consumer to borrow money on the fly from a bank or a
financial institution and use it to make payments to the
merchants.
Moreover, they could use the details of your credit card
(received through the filling up of online credit card
payment form by you) for fraudulent purposes. The second
type of fraud is committed by fraudsters who use various
softwares/devices to capture the details of online credit
card payments (as you enter them on the online credit card
payment form of a website).
In order to obtain a credit card, the consumer needs to
fill-in an application form that is actually like an
agreement between the credit card supplier and the credit
card consumer.
These softwares are popularly known as spyware and these
fraudsters as online spies. The spyware works by capturing
keystrokes or taking screenshots of whatever you do on
your computer and then passes it on to the spy. However,
there are anti-spyware softwares available which can be
used to counter such spyware. So, the advent of online
credit card usage facility is a boon to us. However, you
must exercise caution when making online credit card
payments e.g. don't access your bank accounts or make
online credit card payments from internet cafes (unless
you are absolutely sure about the credentials of the
internet cafe).
With the fast pace of our everyday lives, we don't have
time for anything really. This is where the combined power
of commerce and technology comes in.
Are you pondering on whether you should apply for a
credit card? Well, the answer quite simply is - 'Yes' -
you should apply for a credit card (this is true for most
people). The credit cards seem to have transformed our
lives. In fact, one can term credit cards as a revolution.
Today, you find ads in TV/newspapers/website/shops and
almost anywhere and everywhere; all asking you to apply
for a credit card. When you look around, you see that most
people have credit cards. In fact, most people have
multiple credit cards.
If you don't pay even the minimum, you might land up with
a late fee too. Moreover, the credit card supplier
generally puts a limit on the maximum amount you can spend
per month using your credit card.
By: Ken Sharp
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