Credit Cards/Tarjetas de Crédito
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Credit Cards/Tarjetas de Crédito1

Nayda I. Torres2

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Introduction

Credit cards are used to buy items and services with tomorrow's money. You can also use your credit cards to get cash. Having and using credit cards can help you because:

Credit cards can hurt you because:

Introducción

Las tarjetas de crédito están diseñadas para uno poder comprar artículos y servicios hoy con dinero que va obtener en el futuro. Usted puede también utilizar sus tarjetas de crédito para obtener dinero en efectivo. El tener y usar tarjetas de crédito puede ayudarle porque:

Las tarjetas de crédito pueden afectarle porque:

Costs of Credit

There are different types of credit cards, and they may have different costs.

El Costo De Crédito

Hay diferentes tipos de tarjetas de crédito, y pueden tener costos diferentes.

For Your Protection

When using a credit card:

Para Su Protección

Cuando utilice una tarjeta de crédito:


Footnotes

1. This document is FCS 7147, one of a series of the Family Youth and Community Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date January 2, 1994. Revised January 10, 2007. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

2. Nayda I. Torres, Professor, Family and Consumer Economics, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611.


The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

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