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A transaction card that may either a credit card or debit card giving the banks customers the ability to pay for goods and services or receive cash back at authorized businesses and ATMs. As a credit card, the bank card can work as a line of credit or as a debit card, accessing the funds from the account holders checking or savings account.

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