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Credit cards are a necessity in today’s world if you wish to perform any financial transaction. The thing about credit cards is that you do not need to have money in your account before using it for a transaction. This could lead to delays in paying up and much worse, default by not paying at all when the grace period is up.

Any default on your credit card payments would lead to poor credit score and rating. With a history of credit repayments that is poor you will need to apply for a secured credit card, which is quite different from the traditional credit cards we all are used to.

Shopping for a Secured Credit Card

You require having cash as collateral when you apply for a secured credit card. This is the first step without which no card issuer will consider issuing you one.

Of course, if you can have cash as collateral why do you need to apply for a secured credit card? Why not make your transactions by cash? Right? But there are many transactions, such as buying an airlines ticket, or renting an automobile that will require credit card transaction. So, you need to shop for one.

There are a number of costs involved:

• Application fees
• Fee for processing your application, and
• Annual costs

These are similar to the costs required for applying for the normal traditional credit cards. Find out the fee involved from a number of online credit card issuers. You need to zero in on those who charge reasonably less fee.

Your collateral is held as security in an account. This money is used if you default on any payment. Some will wait for you to default for a few months, whereas there are others who will take your deposit on the first default.

• Check out which issuers will ask for a minimal deposit for your secured credit card application. Also check whether your deposit will earn any interest for you.
• Find out what other eligibility restrictions are there. These may vary from one issuer to another.
• Some may have age restrictions and others may have restrictions on your income.
• Many issuers of secured credit cards may insist you open an account with the bank of their choice.

Obtaining a secured credit card is not going to be easy if you already have a poor credit rating. Normally the credit limit on secured credit cards should be the same as the deposit you made. But many approve lesser credit than the amount deposited as collateral. Find out all this and also the APR you will be charged on balance you need to pay. Once you gather all the information and decide on the issuer for your secured credit card, get online with all the details and log on.

Improving Your Credit

You can use your secured credit card to improve your credit rating. Ensure you make your payments in time. Most secured credit card issuers would allow you to convert your card to an unsecured one within a year or so if your payments have been timely.

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