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[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It's a piece of plastic used in financial transactions, but that's not important right now.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

You mean like a debit card but worse?

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Where I live, the credit card is better than the debit card. Better protections against fraud.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 3 points 17 hours ago

Credit cards are more secure.

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

A debit card payment is settled immediately. A credit card payment is actually a small loan that's settled at the end of the month. This goes back to the time that shops made a carbon copy of the card, fill in the amount and let the buyer sign it. That's why the numbers were raised. Basically they were used as cheques.