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Credit Card Vocabulary

By: Javier Ifamilik

Credit Card

A small plastic card issued by a bank, business, etc., allowing the holder to purchase goods or services on credit.

Vocab

Debit Card

A card issued by a bank allowing the holder to transfer money electronically to another bank account when making a purchase.

Debit Card

Store Charge Card

A charge card is a type of electronic payment card that charges no interest but requires the user to pay his/her balance in full upon receipt of the statement, usually on a monthly basis.

Interest

Money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent, or for delaying the repayment of a debt.

Interest

Principal

(of money) Denoting an original sum invested or lent.

Principal

Annual Fee

Any fee that is charged on an annual (yearly) basis. One of the most common occurrences of an annual fee is the fee that is charged by some credit card companies to their credit card holders, simply for having the credit card.

Annual Fee

Grace Period

A grace period is a period immediately after the deadline for an obligation during which a late fee, or other action that would have been taken as a result of failing to meet the deadline, is waived provided that the obligation is satisfied during the grace period.

Late Fee

A late fee is a charge a consumer pays for making a required minimum payment on a credit card after the due date. Late fees encourage consumers to pay on time and may be as high as $27 for the first late payment and $38 for a subsequent late payment.

Finance Charge

In United States law, a finance charge is any fee representing the cost of credit, or the cost of borrowing

Finance Charge

Open-ended Credit

Open-end credit is a pre-approved loan between a financial institution and borrower that may be used repeatedly up to a certain limit and can subsequently be paid back prior to payments coming due.

Closed-ended Credit

Closed-end credit is a type of credit that should be repaid in full amount by the end of the term, by a specified date. The repayment includes all the interests and financial charges agreed at the signing of the credit agreement.

APR

The term annual percentage rate of charge, corresponding sometimes to a nominal APR and sometimes to an effective APR, is the interest rate for a whole year, rather than just a monthly fee/rate, as applied on a loan, mortgage loan, credit card, etc. It is a finance charge expressed as an annual rate

Co-signer

To cosign is the act of signing cooperatively with a borrower for a loan. A cosigner serves as an additional repayment source for the primary borrower

Five C's of Credit

The five C's, or characteristics, of credit — character, capacity, capital, conditions and collateral — are a framework used by many traditional lenders to evaluate potential small-business borrowers

Major Credit Bureaus

A credit bureau is a company that collects and maintains individual credit information and sells it to lenders, creditors, and consumers in the form of a credit report. While there are dozens of credit bureaus across the U.S., most consumers are familiar with the big three: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.

Credit Report

A credit report is a detailed breakdown of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau

Credit Report

Debt to Income Ratio

In the consumer mortgage industry, debt income ratio is the percentage of a consumer's monthly gross income that goes toward paying debts

Debt to income ratio

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