Click on any of the below credit card terms for a full definition of commonly used banking, finance, and credit card terms. This credit card glossary is arranged in alphabetical order. If you do not see a definition for a credit card term that you are looking for then please do not hesitate to let us know. Here is the full A-Z listing of credit card terms:
- 1099 C
- Account Number
- Acquiring Financial Institution
- Additional Cardholder
- Adjusted Balance
- Affinity Card
- Algorithm
- Alternative Methods of Payment (AMOP)
- American Express
- Annual Fee
- Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
- Application
- Application Fee
- Approval Response
- APR
- Arbitrage
- Arbitration
- Association
- Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
- Automatic Payment
- Available Credit
- Average Daily Balance
- Bad Credit
- Balance
- Balance to Limit Ratio
- Balance Transfer
- Balance Transfer Fee
- Bank
- Bank Account
- Bank Card
- Bank Holding Company
- Bank Identification Number (BIN)
- Bankruptcy
- Basis Point
- Batching
- Billing Cycle
- Billing Statement
- Blocks
- Breakage
- Business Card
- Carbon Paper Packets
- Card Issuer
- Card Member
- Card Member Agreement
- Card Present Transactions
- Card Reader
- Carders
- Carding
- Carding Forums
- Cash Advance
- Cash Advance Check
- Cash Advance Fee
- Cash Advance Rate
- Cash Back
- Cash Card
- Cashing
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
- Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
- Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
- Charge Back
- Charge Back Period
- Charge Card
- Charge Off Rate
- Charge Offs
- Chip and PIN Cards
- Clearing
- Cloning
- Closed Loop
- Co-Branded Card
- Co-signer
- COB Fraud
- Collection
- Commercial Cards
- Community Property
- Concierge Service
- Consumer Credit File
- Convenience Checks
- Corporate Card
- Cramdown
- Credit Bureau
- Credit Bureau Risk Score
- Credit Card
- Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009
- Credit Card Act of 2009
- Credit Card Number
- Credit Freeze
- Credit History
- Credit Inquiry
- Credit Life Insurance
- Credit Limit
- Credit Line
- Credit Monitoring Service
- Credit Obligation
- Credit Rating
- Credit Report
- Credit Reporting Agency (CRA)
- Credit Score
- Credit Union
- Credit Utilization Ratio
- Currency Conversion Fee
- CVV
- Data Breach
- DD (Regulation DD)
- Deadbeat
- Debit
- Debit Card
- Debt
- Debt Consolidation
- Debt Management Plan (DMP)
- Debt-to-Income Ratio
- Debt-to-Limit Ratio
- Debtor
