subject: Credit Cards and their Accessibility [print this page] Credit Cards and their Accessibility Credit Cards and their Accessibility
Accessible is perhaps one of the most often attached words to credit cards, at least after convenience. This is not surprising since much of the convenience that credit cards afford us is due to its accessibility, not to mention the fact that it primarily exists to give easy ACCESS to credit.
These days though, the accessibility of credit cards has reached new levels. Credit cards are not only very accessible worldwide, being second only to cash as a payment method, but is also the primary form of payment method for online transactions. This has, of course, also made things more convenient for us since we can do our shopping, subscribe to various services, and do so much more online.
Aside from the ability to use your credit card to pay for purchases anywhere in the world, as well as online, other credit card features are now more easily accessible as well. Online credit card services are now available that allow cardholders to manage their credit card accounts online easily. With these online services cardholders can do everything from something as basic as looking up their old and current credit card statements, to doing a credit card balance transfer and even applying for a credit limit increase. The range of features that a credit card brings obviously depends on the issuing bank, with the best credit card companies providing a full range of features.
Thanks to advances in technology, the world has gone mobile so that your will find credit card services is not limited to your computer but is now even accessible via mobile devices, specifically mobile phones. Since phones these days can now connect to the Internet, cardholders can still log in to the online credit card accounts via their mobile phones. However, while almost all credit cards have online card services, not all of these sites are compatible with mobile browsers, although again, the best credit card companies have made sure that they at least have a mobile website, albeit usually with less features when compared to the full website.
Even phones that have no capability to connect to the Internet are not left in the cold. Mobile text services are usually available to cardholders. Mobile text services have much less features when compared to online services, but are still very useful since it is much more accessible. Usual mobile text services features include the ability to look up our credit card balance and see your recent transactions.
