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How does a debit card work with my checking account? How is it different from a credit card?

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Question added by Siham Amer , Financial Analyst , Noor Al Hikmah Group
Date Posted: 2019/01/31
AIJAZ AHMAD AHMAD
by AIJAZ AHMAD AHMAD , Production assistant , Saco Factory (For Plastic Production)

We have to swipe with debit cards for purchse any outlets or shopping mall but shopping charges not applicable if the payments deduct and message will be shown of related purchase things by this act we have check my debit card is working  and my account is running and on the other hand credit card is a unsecured loan which issued to custumer with selected money spend limit with some interst rate for limited days. 

Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD)
by Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD) , University Lecturer, Freelancer Consultant and Trainer for Int'l Business & Banking TF. , FreeLancer

Thanks for invitation,

In general "Debit Card" is used and available upon there are balance available on the account, despite the account allowing only drawings for debit card or checks or both, whereas "Credit Card" is used and available only as long as the drawing is within the card limit.

yousif shah
by yousif shah , Senior Accountant , TIMES Institute Multan

 

Debit cards offer the convenience of a credit card but work in a different way. Debit cards draw money directly from your checking account when you make the purchase. They do this by placing a hold on the amount of the purchase. Then the merchant sends in the transaction to their bank and it is transferred to the merchant's account. It can take a few days for this to happen, and the hold may drop off before the transaction goes through.

 

It used to be commonly thought that you needed a credit card to complete certain transactions, such as rent a car or to purchase items online, or that it was safer and easier to travel with a credit card rather than carrying cash or using a cheque book.

 

Some also argue that a credit card offers additional insurance on purchases and makes it easier to request a refund or a return.

 

Debit cards offer the same convenience without requiring you to borrow the money to complete the transactions, though debit cards don’t always provide the same consumer protections of credit cards.

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