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Re:The Wallaby Card by shawnps on Friday November 15, 2013 @01:32AM (#6738071)
I used to use my credit card almost every day in America, but now that I'm in Japan I don't even have any credit cards. A lot of places don't accept them, so I just use cash everywhere. The one card I have is a bank card that I use to withdraw money from ATMs, mainly at 7-Eleven. I don't really like having to buy gift cards to use on Amazon, but it's just a minor annoyance.
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Re:The Wallaby Card by icebraining on Friday November 15, 2013 @04:38AM (#6738536)
A nice thing that we have here in Portugal are "virtual credit cards", offered by the banks, which act like a credit card for the merchant but as a debit transaction for the user.
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Re:The Wallaby Card by tbrock on Friday November 15, 2013 @07:17AM (#6738998)
So the bank gets to charge the store a transaction fee and you don't get the benefit of the bank floating the charge for 30 days? That sounds like a good deal for the bank!
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