Saturday, June 28, 2008

Credit Card debts: Causes and Prevention

Nowadays, the credit card almost becomes a necessity in this world. People can hold more than credit card easily, it seems can be either very useful or harmful. It really depends on how you use it. Once you failed to utilize it, you may incur in a huge problem with credit card debt.

There are several causes that will lead to indebted.
1. The cardholders apply too many credit cards at the same time. They may not be able to afford a large expense, since their expense may be greater than income.
2. People seem to be using their credit cards to make everyday purchases like groceries. Although it might seem benign, these items help build debt.
3. Wrong perception. The cardholders may have wrong perception that they should fully utilize their offer from credit card institution. Therefore, they might over spending their future money and end up a huge debt.
4. Keep on using new credit card to cover another credit card debt, some people may using this way to pay their debts, it will cause them facing serious financial problem and might getting bankruptcy.



Ways to prevent credit card debt.
1. Don’t apply any credit card. This is the most basic way to prevent any debts from it.
2. Altogether stop using multiple credit cards. If you continue to use the credit cards, the amount of debts will increase, making it difficult for you to pay off. Instead prefer to use your debit card to sustain your needs.
3. Preparing a monthly budget and cutting down expenses on unwanted needs will help you save a considerable amount of money. The money save can be used to removed the debts.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The colour of the sub-heading are being too light which may be difficult for the readers to read. you may change it to a darker colour.

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