Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Some General Information About Various Credit Card Services

By Antony J Parkins


Are you planning to get a credit card? Before you do, have a look at the various credit card services.

With the advancement of technology and computers, many banks offer many special features pertaining to credit cards. You can use a credit card to shop, carry out business transactions and other activities online. It is common for cards to be offered as Visa or MasterCard ones, which are generally accepted worldwide for monetary transactions.

In comparison to MasterCard, a Visa cardholder may have to pay higher financial charges or interest rates. However, Visa offers special benefits, which are not available if you are a MasterCard holder. There are some international and national business organizations, which prefer to have alliances with Visa rather than MasterCard.

Since some credit cards have special understanding with certain shops or restaurants, you may enjoy special discounts when you buy from them. There are even special credit cards with alliances with airlines. Hence, you can make use of the special travel fares, hotel discounts and other special privileges connected to traveling.

In general, credit cards are divided into silver, platinum and gold. To apply for a platinum card, you need to have a high earning power compared to the other types. Not surprisingly, the credit limit is usually the highest as well. Therefore, you get to spend more money.

Before you decide to choose a credit card, find out about its financial charges, annual interest rate and other charges. They vary from one credit card company to another. One of the useful aspects of a credit card is the cash advance facility in case of need for emergency cash.

Some banks may not even offer this facility. Others have varying rates for withdrawal and interest charges. Even the amount of withdrawal money allowed may differ. In simple words, check out the various credit card services instead of simply applying for one.




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