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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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The Personal Credit Card Market in Australia: Pricing over the Past Decade
10 Mar 2012
Bulletin
– March 2012
Another development related to changes in the schemes' interchange fee schedules has been the introduction of a new credit card product: super-premium cards. ... Over time, credit card products with companion cards attached have increasingly replaced
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/mar/7.html
Abstract for The Personal Credit Card Market in Australia: Pricing over the Past Decade
10 Mar 2012
Bulletin
– March 2012
Bulletin – March 2012 The Personal Credit Card Market in Australia: Pricing over the Past Decade Abstract. ... For example, over the past decade the effective price to cardholders for using a credit card has increased, encouraging the use of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/mar/bu-0312-7a.html
Merchant Service Fees for Credit Cards
10 Jul 2004
Bulletin
– July 2004
in fees (known as merchant service fees) that banks charge merchants for providing credit card facilities. ... Interchange fees on MasterCard and Visa cards issued overseas have not fallen and so merchants in that sector have not benefited as much from
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2004/jul/2.html
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
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
Merchant Service Fees and Market Shares for Credit and Charge Cards
10 Aug 2005
Bulletin
– August 2005
The Bank has been collecting data on the value and number of credit card transactions in Australia since 1984 and broadened the collection to include charge cards in 2002. ... The data show that around 83 per cent of the value of purchases on credit and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/aug/2.html
How Australians Pay: New Survey Evidence
16 Mar 2017
Bulletin
– March 2017
The Reserve Bank's 2016 Consumer Payments Survey showed that Australian consumers are increasingly using their debit or credit cards instead of paying in cash or writing cheques. While more and more small payments are being made with contactless
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/mar/7.html
Bulletin
18 Apr 2024
Bulletin
Insights into the economy and financial system from teams throughout the Reserve Bank of Australia
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/
A Guide to the Card Payments System Reforms
10 Sep 2010
Bulletin
– September 2010
MasterCard and Visa, and potentially issue credit cards to cardholders or provide card acceptance services to merchants. ... a credit card than cardholders that pay interest on their credit card; the latter group tends to use debit cards more frequently.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2010/sep/7.html
Consumer Payment Behaviour in Australia
15 Jun 2023
Bulletin
– June 2023
The results of the Reserve Bank’s 2022 Consumer Payments Survey show that consumers continue to shift from using cash to electronic payment methods – a trend that was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and consumers’ preference towards using
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/jun/consumer-payment-behaviour-in-australia.html