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RBA Glossary definition for credit card
credit card – A credit card is a card whose holder has been granted a revolving credit line. The card enables the holder to make purchases and/or cash advances up to a pre-arranged limit. The credit granted can be settled in full by the end of a specified period or in part, with the balance taken as extended credit. Interest may be charged on the transaction amounts from the date of each transaction or only on the extended credit where the credit granted has not been settled in full.
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Payment Cards
8 Aug 2017
RDP
2017-04
Since the 2013 survey, the share of debit card payments has increased by slightly more than that of credit cards (6 percentage points compared with 3 percentage points). ... Figure 6: Why Hold a Credit Card? Most important reason, by age, 2016.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2017/2017-04/payment-cards.html
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Consumer Credit and Household Finances
10 Jun 1999
Bulletin
– June 1999
Debt outstanding on bank-issued credit cards has also grown strongly (Graph 4). ... Growth in credit card debt has been concentrated in credit cards with an interest-free period, suggesting that users are not seeking longer-term finance to make purchases
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/jun/2.html
Modelling Consumer Payment Behaviour for Australia
1 Jul 2009
RDP
2009-04
However, while cash and debit cards are held by almost all consumers, many do not have a credit card. ... These cards are aimed at revolver consumers, who represent around 34 per cent of credit card holders.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2009/2009-04/modelling-consumer-payment-behaviour-australia.html
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Reform of Card Payment Systems
26 Sep 2006
PSB Annual Report
– 2006
This has encouraged some card issuers to focus more on attracting customers who use their credit cards to borrow, by offering them lower interest rates. ... Scheme debit, however, had a competitive advantage over EFTPOS because merchants were forced to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2006/reform-card.html
Attachment 2 | A Variation to the Surcharging Standards: A Consultation Document December 2011 | Consultations
10 Dec 2011
Consultations
ii. the average cost to the merchant of acceptance of a subset of Visa Debit cards issued under the Scheme which includes the type of credit card in relation to which ... 10. 11. Neither the rules of the Scheme, nor any participant in the Visa Debit
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/consultations/201112-variation-surcharging-standards/attachment-2.html
Card Payment Systems
13 Sep 2007
PSB Annual Report
– 2007
They then fell to around 0.55 per cent when the credit card reforms were introduced. ... Competition authorities in a number of countries have also taken action against the credit card schemes.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2007/card-payments.html
Private Net Costs
31 Dec 2014
RDP
2014-14
complimentary insurance) that credit cards offer (although this is before taking into account interest payments for customers who carry a balance on their credit card). ... For merchants, the private costs of credit cards are lower for card-present
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2014/2014-14/private-net-costs.html
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Bank Fees in Australia
25 Jan 2024
Bulletin
– January 2024
This article updates Reserve Bank research on bank fees charged to Australian households, businesses and government.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/jan/bank-fees-in-australia.html
Attachment 1 | A Variation to the Surcharging Standards: A Consultation Document | Consultations
10 Dec 2011
Consultations
i. a merchant from recovering part or all of the reasonable cost of acceptance of credit cards issued under the Scheme by the merchant charging fees or surcharges to credit card ... ii. a merchant, in recovering part or all of the reasonable cost of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/consultations/201112-variation-surcharging-standards/attachment-1.html
Competition and Efficiency
11 Nov 2004
PSB Annual Report
– 2004
Under this standard, the designated credit card schemes of Visa and MasterCard are not permitted to prohibit merchants from passing on the cost of accepting credit cards to customers that use ... One motivation for these arrangements from the banks'
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2004/competition.html