Yes, handling credit cards and pos machines are two different things. These two things have nothing to do. You can apply for a credit card without buying a pos machine. Be careful. But it may also be a strategy of bundling sales by merchants, which can be reflected in the contract. Credit card processing is outsourced in some commercial banks, and companies that handle pos machines will bundle credit cards in order to open the pos machine market. This is also a clever sales strategy. Just be careful.

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Credit card, also called debit card, is a credit certificate issued by a commercial bank or credit card company to eligible consumers. It is a card with name, expiration date, number and cardholder's name printed on the front, and a magnetic stripe and signature strip on the back. Consumers with credit cards can go to specialized commercial service departments for shopping or spending, and then the bank will settle accounts with merchants and cardholders, and cardholders can overdraw within the prescribed limits. The credit card stipulated in the relevant laws of our country (Interpretation of the Provisions of NPC Standing Committee on Credit Cards) refers to the electronic payment card issued by commercial banks or other financial institutions with all or part of the functions of consumer payment, credit loan, transfer settlement, cash deposit and withdrawal, etc. 20 17 12 1, the English translation and writing standard for public services was formally implemented, and the English names of credit cards were specified. Credit card consumption is a non-cash transaction payment method, and there is no need to pay cash when spending, and repayment is made on the billing day.

Credit cards are divided into credit cards and quasi-credit cards. Credit card refers to a credit card in which the cardholder has a certain credit limit and can spend first and then repay. Quasi-credit card refers to a quasi-credit card in which the cardholder deposits a certain amount of reserve fund according to the regulations, and when the balance of the reserve fund account is insufficient to pay, it can be overdrawn within the prescribed credit limit. Credit cards generally refer to credit cards. From the date of 202 1 1 1, the credit card overdraft interest rate is determined by the card issuer and the cardholder through independent negotiation, and the upper and lower limit management of the credit card overdraft interest rate is cancelled (the original upper limit is 0.7 times of the daily interest rate, and the lower limit is 0.7 times of the daily interest rate). On May 25th, 2002/KLOC-0, the Supreme People's Court promulgated and implemented the Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Civil Disputes over Bank Cards.