A debit card allows you to make a purchase without using cash.
A card is a rectangular piece of cardboard or plastic , among other possible materials, that shows some inscription, logo , or a combination of both to represent an individual or company. As will be detailed below, there are various types of cards, and not all of them are for corporate use.
A credit card , for example, is a magnetic card, usually issued by a bank, that allows its holder to make cashless purchases. By using this card, the buyer incurs a debt that must be paid at the end of a certain period of time, usually divided into months. For example: if the settlement or expiration of the card takes place on the 28th of each month, the client must pay, on that date, for all purchases made between the 1st and the 28th.
Debit cards , for their part, also allow cashless purchases, although the money to pay for the purchase is immediately deducted from the user 's bank account. Both this type of card and the credit card give access to ATMs, where it is possible to obtain cash and complete different operations, such as checking the latest transactions, sending money through a transfer and even recharging your balance . of a mobile phone.
The magnetic card
In general, a magnetic or electronic card has a strip that can be read by a device to access the user's information .
Credit and debit cards fall within this classification, as do those that are used to provide the bearer with access to a certain establishment, such as a bank or a company where security is the highest priority, given the importance of the data handled in their offices.
Congratulations and greetings cards can be printed or virtual.
Congratulations and greetings
Greeting cards are very popular during the Christmas and New Year holidays, as well as birthdays and events such as weddings and births. This is a sheet of cardboard or some material thicker than regular paper, which is folded in half so that it looks like the covers of a book without pages. Since it does not require a very complex industrial process, many people with craft skills prefer to make them on their own, although commercial ones are more popular.
On the cover you usually find funny drawings (which usually include animals or cartoonish beings), and unfinished sentences, which invite the recipient of the card to open it and read the ending, which can be sarcastic and unexpected, or touching, depending on the type of event for which it is directed. It is worth mentioning that this last part of the printed text never takes up the entire page, since the buyer is expected to dedicate a few personal words to the honoree.
There are some Christmas cards that play a melody when opened, and only stop once closed. They were very popular a few decades ago, despite offering very poor sound quality, with extremely high-pitched sounds that were more disturbing than moving. Currently and for a few years now, there is no occasion for which there is not a virtual card , distributed over the Internet , and this can include a song, animations and videos, in addition to allowing a greater degree of personalization than the printed.
Other cards
On the other hand, there are telephone cards (which allow the use of public telephones without coins), postcards (which include an illustration on one side and a space to write on the other) and yellow or red cards (used by match referees). football to sanction players).
Each card has its own characteristics and serves a specific purpose. The notion, in short, can refer to elements that are quite different from each other.