Revolving Credit
A flexible credit line, like a credit card, that you can repeatedly borrow from and repay up to a set limit.
Revolving credit lets you borrow, repay, and borrow again up to a limit, with no fixed end date. Credit cards and overdrafts are the most common forms. Only a small minimum payment is required each month, which makes it easy to carry a balance and rack up high interest indefinitely. The convenience is real, but so is the risk of a slow-building debt that costs far more than the original purchases. Paying the full balance each cycle keeps the flexibility without the interest.
Example
With a $3,000 revolving limit, paying only the 3% minimum on a $2,000 balance at 22% can take years to clear and cost more in interest than the goods.
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