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Charge card
Charge cards usually offer interest free credit of up to two months (e.g. Visa, and customer cards provided by petroleum companies).
Whether a card should be categorised as a charge card or a credit card is a matter of judgement when it comes to cards that combine features of both charge and credit cards.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
Charge cards usually offer interest free credit of up to two months (e.g. Visa, and customer cards provided by petroleum companies). If a card can be used both as a charge card and as a credit card, it is classified into the group of actual credit cards.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Charge cards usually offer interest free credit of up to two months (e.g. Visa, and customer cards provided by petroleum companies).
Whether a card should be categorised as a charge card or a credit card is a matter of judgement when it comes to cards that combine features of both charge and credit cards.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- 31 December 1987 - 31 December 2007
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
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