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How to make the best use of Credit Cards?

 From my childhood I had been seeing a lot of credit card held by my father. And it is indeed plastic money but with it you can do many things. It is very important for you to understand that Credit Cards are considered to be one of the most riskiest class of loans ever invented. But is it worth the risk to hold one??? It was my brother who had introduced me to Credit Cards and its Risk and and from then on I went to own one.  My first Credit Card was from HDFC Bank (Money Back- Variant) it was the most basic credit card offered to me by the bank and it was free of cost.  But he did warn me to note down what you spend every time you use the card or else you will fall into big debt. He had advised me to read a lot of articles on the web about how to wisely use the credit cards as revolving credits.  But the best knowledge comes from best teacher and that is " Experience" and yes, I did fall in a debt trap once. But since it was not a huge amount there was a way out fr...

IDFC Credit CARD Review

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 IDFC Credit Card: A Simplicity of Smooth 1 IDFC Credit card was launched for the Public in March/April 2021 and they had a fairly less revolving credit at that time in the market so went ahead to apply and was in the waiting list during the launch of the credit card.  After a couple of Weeks received a message saying that the application has been approved and xxx limit will be provided. We were provided with a Visa Signature CC with an immediate virtual card on the IDFC app. The care gets activated immediately and we can use it for online transactions with immediate activation. The card got posted to the home address as requested and was received in T+1 day.  The card is simple to look no sophisticated looks and like the simplicity.  Now coming to the benefits :  1. Its a Visa Signature card so its one of the premium ones with all the premium services like lounge access (airport and railway).BOGO on movie tickets on paytm, 15% Dining discount on upto 1500+ rest...