Credit cards are divided into credit cards and quasi-credit cards. Credit card refers to the credit card that the issuing bank gives the cardholder a certain credit limit, and the cardholder can spend first and then repay. Quasi-credit card refers to a credit card in which the cardholder deposits a certain amount of reserve fund according to the requirements of the bank, and when the reserve fund is insufficient to pay, it can be overdrawn within the credit limit stipulated by the issuing bank.
Credit card, usually called credit card, refers to the credit card that the issuing bank gives the cardholder a certain credit line, within which the cardholder can spend first and then repay. It has the following characteristics: consumption before repayment, interest-free repayment period (up to 56 days), minimum repayment amount, and repayment by installments when customers overdraw. Customers need to pay a certain annual fee to the bank they apply for, and each bank is different.
Quasi-credit card is a single-currency single-account credit card, with interest-bearing deposits in RMB, which is used for credit card consumption, and has the functions of transfer settlement, cash deposit and withdrawal, credit consumption, online banking transactions and so on. When the balance of credit card consumption and cash withdrawal account is insufficient to pay, the cardholder can overdraw consumption and cash withdrawal within the specified limited credit limit and charge a certain interest. There is no interest-free repayment period.
Quasi-credit card is a kind of credit card with China characteristics, and there is no such credit card abroad. At the end of 1980s, China banking introduced credit card products from abroad. Because the personal credit system in China was not perfect at that time, China's banking industry carried out some reforms on foreign credit card products, changing the traditional interest-free and interest-free overdraft of foreign credit card deposits into deposit interest-bearing and overdraft interest-bearing ones.
Quasi-credit card has some functions of credit card and debit card. Generally, it is necessary to pay a deposit or provide a guarantor. When using, deposit first and then consume, and deposit pays interest. When shopping, the cardholder can make a small overdraft within the limit approved by the issuing bank, but the overdraft amount bears interest from the date of overdraft, and the arrears must be paid off in one lump sum. There is no interest-free repayment period and minimum repayment amount, and its basic functions are transfer settlement and shopping consumption.