Master & Visa Debit Cards
Compare all Visa Debit & Master Debit Cards
Compare all Visa and Master Debit Cards in the one place.
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Welcome to Everything Visa Debit, your one stop shop to compare all Visa & Master Debit cards available in Australia. This is an independent service and so we research all cards not just the ones that offer affiliate relationships.
What is a debit card?
Visa & Master Debit cards function exactly like any Visa or Master card but provide direct access to funds in a cardholder’s deposit account rather than a line of credit. With Visa or Master Debit, cardholders exercise the choice to “pay now,” compared with Visa or Master credit products, which allow cardholders to “pay later.”
The success of debit
The success of Visa Debit means that more individuals are tapping into the power of Visa for transactions anytime and anywhere.
At the end of September 2006, Visa Debit card volume grew 18 percent over the previous year, reaching US$2.5 trillion and surpassing global Visa credit volume of US$2.0 trillion. There are more than 741* million Visa Debit and Visa Electron cards currently in use around the world with 86 million debit cards in circulation in the Asia Pacific region.
How it works
Visa or Master Debit cards can be used to purchase goods or access cash across all merchant environments, from typical retail transactions to mail, telephone and internet transactions. When using the card, cardholders must verify their identity by signing a receipt at the point of sale, or by entering their personal identification number (PIN).
