The bank will inform the bill date when issuing the card, and each bill will also have the bill date. The repayment period of each bank is different, generally speaking, it is 18 days to 25 days after the billing date, of which the shortest is 18 days of China Merchants Bank and the longest is 25 days of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
The period from the date of use of the credit card to the billing date plus the repayment period is the interest-free repayment date. According to this calculation scheme, consumers can enjoy the longest interest-free repayment on the day after the bill date and the shortest interest-free repayment period on the day before the bill date. Generally speaking, the interest-free repayment period of credit cards is about 20 days to 50 days.
Common credit card repayment methods in China mainly include the following categories (according to the cost level):
Intra-bank repayment
The repayment methods mainly include: issuing bank counter, ATM, online banking, automatic transfer, telephone banking repayment, etc. The credit card limit will be restored immediately after repayment, and the money will generally be recorded after being processed by the system on the same day.
Mobile phone repayment
Mobile phone is a personal payment terminal of mobile financial system, which can be used for direct repayment and transfer by credit card. Arrive immediately!
Convenience store repayment
Convenience store repayment is mainly completed through the "Lacarra" smart payment terminal installed in the convenience store. Generally, it will arrive in 2~3 working days, and there is no handling fee for repayment in this way.
Network repayment
Common online repayment methods in China are: Baidu Wallet, UnionPay Online, Kuaiqian, Shengfutong, Alipay, Yifubao and so on. Choose different platforms and banks, and the charging standards and specific arrival time are different.
Make an inter-bank transfer
Inter-bank transfer/remittance repayment is mainly divided into two ways: inter-bank in the same city and inter-bank in different places. Whether it is transfer or remittance, the remittance bank will charge a certain fee, and the payment time and repayment convenience are not as good as those of peers, online repayment and convenience stores.
Guimiantong
Counter link refers to the bank card issued by various networked financial institutions, and the RMB current deposit and withdrawal transactions are conducted through the counters of other bank outlets registered in the mainframe system of UnionPay Trading Center.
Lacarra
Cardholders can complete credit card repayment, mobile phone recharge, online bill payment and other services through convenience stores, bank outlets or terminals that purchase "Lacarra" equipment.
Xinfutong
"Xinfutong" smart card phone is an innovative electronic product independently developed by China UnionPay, certified by Bank Card Testing Center and supported by financial services provided by China UnionPay's inter-bank information exchange network.
Repayment pass
Using the "Repayment Pass" for repayment, the fees are generally charged according to the charging standards for inter-bank transfer in the same city and inter-bank remittance in different places stipulated by the local people's bank.
Intelligent repayment
The main function of the new industry is to use the balance of 5%- 10% in the card to make a good consumption repayment plan, and then automatically recover the consumption repayment through a licensed payment company to achieve the purpose of full repayment, and charge a certain handling fee. The basic functions are bill management, local payment, card-free application, etc.