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The 5 Most Essential Credit Card Secrets For Anyone With A Large Credit Balance

by Jon Chan

1. Interest Backdating

On the whole card issuers charge interest from the date a charge is posted to your account if you don't pay in full every month. However, some charge interest from the date of purchase, days before they have even compensated the store on your behalf!

SOLUTION: Locate another card issuer, or at all times pay your bill completely by the payable date.

2. 2 -Cycle Billing

Issuers which use this method of calculating interest, charge two months worth of interest for the first month you failed to pay off your complete balance in full. This issue comes about only when you move from paying in full to carrying a balance from month to month.

SOLUTION: Change issuers or constantly pay your balance completely.

3. The Privilege To Offset

If you have cash on deposit at Finance institutions, and also have your credit card there, you may have signed a contract when you opened the deposit account which permits the financial institution to take those funds if you become delinquent on your credit card.

SOLUTION: Do your banking at different institutions, or stay away from delinquencies.

4. You Can Negotiate Your Charges

You may be spending up to $50 a year additional as an annual fee on your credit card. Don't be surprised to find yourself paying up to eighteen% in finance costs

SOLUTION: If you are a good customer, the financial institution might be willing to decrease the annual fee, and decrease the interest rate, you only have to ask! If not, you can change issuers to a lower- priced card.

5. Shortened Due Dates

If you sign up for a credit card with a low "introduction" rate, such as 6.8%, when the low rate period is over, your existing balance will probably be subject to the regular and much higher interest rate.

SOLUTION: Pay in full before the rate increase or close the account.

The lesson of this editorial is that you should always pay your credit balance down entirely and to ensure that you be familiar with what you are being charged and to be eager to negotiate with your bank. - 41115

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Title: The 5 Most Essential Credit Card Secrets For Anyone With A Large Credit Balance
Author: Jon Chan
Email: jchan@vertial.com
Keywords: Credit Card Tips,Credit Cards,Credit Repair,Credit,Banking,Finance,Business
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Category: Finance:Credit
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