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Date Posted: 13/07/05 14:13
Author: Liu
Subject: 信用卡利率

本人今天(7月13日)看到閣下在明報的專欄 <關目> 談及 "信用卡利率"一文後非常有同感,因此希望你能繼續利用你在明報或其他刋物的專欄教育大眾。
事原我十多年前初加入銀行工作時,為了想計算一下信用卡的利息,專誠以身試"息",到期時只繳交5%的最低付款額,誰知...,結果當然是被嚇一跳,還以為是銀行出錯,查詢下才知道這個"陷井" 的秘密。
自此,在過去十多年來,我不停在身邊的朋友"宣揚"這陷井,雖然我知道"真相"已多年,而這個跟信用卡一同誕生而鮮為人知的事實亦存在多年,但令我震驚的是,本人身邊的友人(除了是工作上曾經涉及信用卡或資深的銀行家)沒有一個知道此事!他們當中不乏專業人士如律師、會計師及財經界人士等,幸好他們都是"舖舖清"一族,所以未中過招。
但很多人,特別是那些喜歡先用未來錢的年青人,胡亂簽卡,到期只繳付部份卡數,以為利息濕濕碎,往往會不自覺地跌落"負債擴大"一族,連未畢業的大學生都要申請破產!
最近美國運通對中學預科生做了個理財常識問卷調查,調查結果令人非常失望。其中一位中六女生尤令我印象深刻,她說:"乜錢唔系用來洗的嗎?我從來唔儲蓄的,因為父母每月都有零用錢給我,用完咪問他們再攞過囉。"!
順帶一提,近年很多財務機構的電視廣告的理財意識非常差,常鼓勵欠卡數的人士將卡數轉到他們的公司,因為他們的利息較低(若是事實,這點絕無問題);但畫面所見,那位少女常瘋狂購物,但一收到信用卡月結單卻大為苦惱;忽然靈機一觸,原來可將卡數全數轉到XYZ財務公司...跟著結尾這句對白就最"攞命"了:"敢..以後我就可以唔洗再擔心簽卡買嘢喇!"。而類似的同類廣告,内容雖不同,但意識卻一樣misleading!!!

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