Credit cards can come from various kinds of sources.  A short list includes; lending institutions, banks, department stores, catalog stores, oil companies and many more possibilities.  When you use a credit card you get to take home or consume the product you are buying without paying for it in cash right then and there.  You are using the credit card company’s money to purchase the item and you repay the credit card company in one or more payments with interest.  Every time you use your credit card you will be asked to acknowledge a receipt.  This indicates your promise to pay the bill later when you will get a bill from the credit card company.  Paying your credit card debt on time helps you establish a good strong credit history.  Paying credit card payments late will cause problems for you since most credit companies will no longer want to extend credit to someone who does not pay their debt back or on time.  Both the good and bad information will appear on your credit history.

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