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A payment card in the physical format of a credit card that is used like a bank check. There is no line of credit, and sufficient funds must be available in the customer's bank account, which are ...

A card that resembles a credit card but which debits a transaction account (checking account) with the transfers occurring contemporaneously with the customer's purchases. A debit card may be machine ...