Credit Card Glossary: Terms and Definitions
Bank account
A bank account, in consumer terms, is a place to place deposits, acquire loans or both. Bank accounts used to be necessary for credit card or debit transactions, but with the advent of various prepaid products, an individual bank account is no longer required of cardholders.
Terms from A-Z
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