Card payments in the U.S. are no longer growing twice as fast as personal consumption: What that means for the business of plastic

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Teaching kids how to use debit and credit cards is an important part of their financial education. Start your children on debit cards, then help them build credit when they’re old enough to handle the responsibility.

Debit cards can help you avoid credit card transaction fees wherever they are being charged. Credit cards are notoriously expensive to use at ATMs, whereas debit cards allow you to access money at in-network ATMs for free. Debit cards could help you avoid foreign transaction fees.

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