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How Does It Work When a credit card also becomes a saving/investing card, the cardholder’s charges are magically “rounded up” at the back end by $1.00, $3.00, $5.00, or more, and the excess amount is sent to a sweep or surplus account for future spending as in a Christmas/Holiday Club or mutual fund, etc. See CreditCard Save/Invest Club Statement.
For example, when a customer charges $85.14 and they previously have set up a $5.00 rounder amount, the final debit against their credit balance will be for $90.00. In this example the rounder amount or excess funds going to their savings/ investment club account would be $4.86. Click here to see an example of a monthly statement.
(Note: Funds will not arrive in the savings or investment account until the cardholder pays off their monthly payment plus the monthly rounded amount.)
Once the funds are collected by the card issuer -- they will be apportioned according to the cardholder’s instructions, i.e. into a bank/card issuer sponsored savings program, a stored value or gift card, mutual funds, annuities, insurance products, etc.
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