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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
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Matters Relating to Credit Card Interest Rates-Credit Cards as Payment Instruments
9 Mar 2023
Submissions
The Bank's 2013 Consumer Use Survey shows that higher-income households use credit cards much more frequently for transactions compared with debit cards; conversely, debit card use is more common ... In the early 2000s, the Reserve Bank became concerned
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/inquiry-matters-relating-to-credit-card-interest-rates-2015-08/credit-cards-as-payment-instruments.html
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Matters Relating to Credit Card Interest Rates-Credit cards as sources of credit
9 Mar 2023
Submissions
The decreased share of credit card debt may partly reflect the high cost of credit cards relative to mortgage interest rates and the increasing ability of households to use mortgage offset ... The Bank publishes data on average advertised credit card
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/inquiry-matters-relating-to-credit-card-interest-rates-2015-08/credit-cards-source-of-credit.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
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Matters Relating to Credit Card Interest Rates-The Credit Card Market
9 Mar 2023
Submissions
Interchange revenues from transactions on MasterCard and Visa credit cards (and issuer fees from American Express ‘companion’ card transactions): based on incomplete data, the Bank estimates these at around $1–1 ... While almost all Australian
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/inquiry-matters-relating-to-credit-card-interest-rates-2015-08/the-credit-card-market.html
Merchant Service Fees for Credit Cards
14 Jul 2004
Bulletin
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Effective endOctober 2003, the Bankcard, MasterCard andVisa credit card schemes have been requiredto set this fee in conformity with a benchmarkbased on the costs incurred by banks issuingcredit cards. ... Sources: RBA and schemes’ websites. Merchant
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2004/jul/pdf/bu-0704-2.pdf
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Matters Relating to Credit Card Interest Rates
14 Aug 2015
Submissions
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programs on credit cards still provide an incentive for credit card use for many consumers. ... earned from spending on credit cards have become less generous, although card schemes have.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/pdf/inquiry-matters-relating-to-credit-card-interest-rates-2015-08.pdf