The credit card entry indicates that the payment has been made by swiping the card, and the merchant has initiated payment to the bank, but the transaction has not yet been approved by the bank system.

The reason for pending accounting: The banking system needs to count transactions every day, then enter the next system, and then perform a series of financial calculations.

Credit Card is a credit certificate issued by a commercial bank or credit card company to consumers with qualified credit. The form of a credit card is a card with the name of the card-issuing bank, validity period, number, cardholder name, etc. printed on the front. Consumers holding credit cards can go to a special commercial service department to shop or consume, and then the bank will work with the merchant and the cardholder to The cardholder can make an overdraft within the prescribed limit.

The earliest credit card appeared at the end of the 19th century. In the 1880s, the British clothing industry developed so-called credit cards, and the tourism and business sectors followed suit. However, the cards at that time could only be used for short-term commercial credit, and the money still had to be paid as and when used. Long-term arrears were not allowed, and there was no credit limit. Franklin National Bank was the first bank to issue a credit card, and other U.S. banks later followed.

In 1952, Franklin National Bank in California, USA, was the first financial institution to issue a bank credit card. In 1959, Bank of America issued the Bank of America card in California. Since then, many banks have joined the ranks of card-issuing banks. By the 1960s, bank credit cards were quickly welcomed by all walks of life and developed rapidly. Credit cards became popular not only in the United States, but also in the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada and European countries. Since the 1970s, developing countries and regions such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Malaysia have also begun to issue credit card services.

The word "credit card" originally refers to the financial product introduced in this post, but because there were no credit cards in China before, or even debit cards without any credit card functions became very popular. Therefore, real credit cards can only be given the nondescript name of "credit card". A real credit card has the following characteristics: it is not encouraged to deposit cash in advance, consume first and repay later, enjoys an interest-free payment period, can repay in installments independently (with a minimum repayment amount), and joins VISA, MASTER, JCB and other international credit card organizations to benefit the world. Universal.