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On the Web
- BBC Inside Out - Credit Card Cloning - A report on credit card fraud and card cloning.
- U.S. PIRG - ATM and debit card article by the State Public Interest Research Groups. Includes explanation of rights and liabilities, pitfalls, and how they differ from credit cards.
- How Stuff Works - Explains the technology of credit cards and the different types of cards and plans available to consumers.
- ATM Debit Cards - Public Interest Research Groups article on problems with debit cards.
- Choosing and Using Credit Cards - Detailed discussion of credit card terms and other costs and features.
- Frontline: Secret History of the Credit Card - FRONTLINE and The New York Times examine how the credit card industry has become so pervasive, lucrative and politically powerful.
- Debit Cards: Beyond Cash and Checks - From the National Consumers League, article discusses what a debit card is, types, when to use, responsible use, tips and warnings.
- Choosing a Credit Card - Tips on how to shop around for a credit card and analyze various offers and agreements. From the Federal Reserve Board.
- Avoiding Credit and Charge Card Fraud - FTC advice on how to protect yourself from fraud.
- Credit and ATM Cards - What To Do If They're Lost or Stolen - Covers how to limit your financial loss, how to protect your cards, whether to buy a registration service, and how to file a complaint.
Wikipedia Articles
- Card enclosure - A card enclosure is a container for smart cards, credit cards, debit cards, telephone cards, visiting cards, business cards and other cards of similar size. Most cards have dimensions that follow the ID-1 format of the ISO 7810 standard which specify the physical dimensions for cards to be 85.
- Merchant account - A merchant account allows a business to accept credit cards, debit cards, gift cards and other forms of payment cards. This is also widely known as payment processing or credit card processing.
- Authorization hold - Authorization hold (also card authorisation, preauthorization, or preauth) is the practice within the banking industry of authorizing electronic transactions done with a debit card or credit card and holding this balance as unavailable either until the merchant clears the transaction (also called settlement), or the hold "falls off." In the case of debit cards, authorization holds can fall off the account (thus rendering the balance available again) anywhere from 1-5 days after ...
- Bankard - Bankard () is one of the largest credit card issuers in the Philippines, issuing VISA, MasterCard and JCB credit cards. It also issued its own line of credit and debit cards in the 1990s.
- Interchange fee - Interchange fee is a term used in the payment card industry to describe a fee that bank card networks such as Visa and MasterCard require merchants to pay card-issuing banks when merchants accept their credit and debit cards for purchases. The card-issuing bank in a payment transaction deducts the interchange fee from the amount it pays the acquiring bank that handles a credit or debit card transaction for a merchant.