信用卡(credit card)
一种小卡片,上有持卡人的签名,允许持卡人购买货物或劳务,商店将应付款项记入其个人帐户,定期开具帐单收款。信用卡不同於签帐卡,後者会自动从持卡人的银行帐户中扣款。信用卡在1920年代首先在美国使用,当时有的公司(如石油公司和连锁旅馆)发行信用卡,供顾客用以购买其所属分支单位的产品或劳务。第一种可在各种商号使用的信用卡是1950年发行的大来卡。1958年发行的美国运通卡流通甚广,在各类公司如旅馆、餐厅、商店等皆可使用;银行於收到商人售货帐单时,将款项记入商人的贷方,而於期末将帐款汇总开具总帐单送交持卡人,由持卡人向银行付清所有费用。後经改进,建立了银行信用卡制度。现代银行信用卡,如威士卡、万事达卡,持卡人可分期付款,银行对欠款部分计收利息;因有利息收入,银行可不向持卡人收取年费,只向有关商人索取较低的服务费。近十年由於信用卡的使用剧增,导致前所未有的消费性债务。
English version:
credit card
Small card that authorizes the person named on it to charge goods or services to his or her account. It differs from a debit card, with which money is automatically deducted from the bank account of the cardholder to pay for the goods or services. Credit-card use originated in the U.S. in the 1920s; early credit cards were issued by various firms (e.g., oil companies and hotel chains) for use at their outlets only. The first universal credit card, usable at a variety of establishments, was issued by Diners' Club in 1950. Charge cards such as American Express require cardholders to pay for all purchases at the end of the billing period (usually monthly). Bank cards such as MasterCard and Visa allow customers to pay only a portion of their bill; interest accrues on the unpaid balance. Credit-card companies get revenue from annual fees and interest paid by cardholders and from fees paid by participating merchants. The huge increase in U.S. credit-card use in recent decades has led to unprecedented levels of consumer debt.
参考文章
- 某市烟草专卖局局长黄某使用单位的公务接待信用卡消费25万元人民币购买了一套红木沙发自用,另外还收受卷烟配送中心工程项目承知识题库
- 没有稳定收人的人士很难申请到银行发行的信用卡,因为银行信用卡是知识题库
- 被告人江某与被害人郑某是同一家电脑公司的工作人员,二人同住一间集体宿舍。某日,郑某将自己的信用卡交江某保管,3天之后索回知识题库
- 信用卡的使用体现着银行的一项业务活动,这项业务活动是知识题库
- “一卡在手,走遍神州”。该广告语意在说明信用卡__知识题库
- 银行信用卡是商业银行对资信状况良好的客户发行的一种信用凭证,使用信用卡__知识题库
- 如果江某用自己仿制的信用卡在自动取款机上提取了现金,下列说法正确的是知识题库
- 如果江某盗窃信用卡后,用该信用卡在自动取款机上提取了现金,下列说法正确的是知识题库
- 信用卡异地消费收取手续吗?理财常识
- “出租支付宝账号,高额返利,躺着把钱赚。”面对这样的广告,千万不要轻信。因为一旦出租、出借、出售的支付账户被不法分子用于犯罪,涉案账户的开户人及贩卖账户的人,将可能构成诈骗罪、帮助信息网络犯罪活动罪、妨害信用卡管理罪、掩饰隐瞒违法犯罪所得罪等罪名。(生活安全