subject: Secured Credit Card. You Will Never Be Denied. [print this page] Do you have a charge card? Do you want to buy something today? Get a secured credit card. This payment instrument is a charge card that has a security deposit associated with it. Another name for a secured credit card is prepaid card. With this type of charge card you have to deposit an amount as security equivalent to fifty to one hundred percent of your credit limit in a special account with the credit card issuer or bank. The credit card issuing company or bank will provide you with your new card which is used just like a regular credit cards. The only difference with these payment instruments is that only you and your issuer know that the card is one that was obtained based on you putting up the money or collateral for the card. Credit cards are a part of our modern life. These financial instruments offers us the ease and simplicity to spend money without carrying cash. The secured card does have disadvantages. The main negative is that these charge cards have high interest rates that come with them.
How would you rate your capacity to purchase a home or the car you want or the loan you simply need? How significant is it for you to have a good credit rating? One way to establish and spruce up your credit score the best possible option is to have positve credit. A secured card is the opportunity to regain a sound financial footing. Due to the relatively easy accessibility of credit reports through strongly established credit bureaus today credit issuers depend increasingly on these reports to make their final decision on providing you credit. Credit is often turned down to you when you do not have a credit history. This is more often in the case of the young people who have never taken out a loan. It can also occur in the case of a divorced.
Provided you use your prepaid charge card wisely then your security deposit will not be used. This means that the secured card will be used to make reasonably priced purchases and the monthly bills will be paid regularly and fully as far as possible. These cards function no differently than any other credit card. To add to the credit available to your secured credit card you can either increase your security deposit or get numerous secured credit cards as possible. The reason why interest rates on these credit cards are so high is because the issuing companies are taking a huge risk in lending you money through secured credit cards and these interest rates are based on their perceived risk.
Secured credit cards are one of a long line of financial strategies to rebuild your credit. To have a low credit report rating is not the end of the world. You can bury the bad credit or information in your credit report with positive credit. The first step in getting a positive credit items in your credit file can be a secured credit card. There are many multi millionaires who at one time or another experience financial hardships and rebounded and rebuilt their credit standing. Why not you?