debit card
noun
: a card like a credit card by which money may be withdrawn or the cost of purchases paid directly from the holder's bank account without the payment of interest
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Mastercard plans to remove the 16-digit primary account number (PAN) from all credit and debit cards, replacing it with tokenization, passkeys and biometrics.
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Kevin Pierce, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
These include online banking, debit cards and PayPal.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Overdrafts using a debit card are more frequent and, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 70% of all overdraft payments are incurred by debit card users.
—Mary Luquette, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
New financial players such as Venmo are now offering debit cards, retrofitting them with reward programs and marketing them heavily.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
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Kevin Pierce, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
These include online banking, debit cards and PayPal.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Overdrafts using a debit card are more frequent and, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 70% of all overdraft payments are incurred by debit card users.
—Mary Luquette, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
New financial players such as Venmo are now offering debit cards, retrofitting them with reward programs and marketing them heavily.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Debit card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debit%20card. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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