With the recent popularity of online shopping, it’s hardly surprising that Filipinos increasingly use debit cards and credit cards to pay for their purchases.

Moreover, two-thirds of Pinoys prefer automated payments and cashless transactions mainly because of safety, according to The Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes Study 2015.

Tired of standing in long lines just to pay your bills, an item you bought online, or your airline ticket booking? Paranoid about carrying around a large sum of cash? Then having a debit card makes an attractive option.

Here’s a beginner’s guide for debit cards, and for a more in-depth look at debit card use, visit the original article at MoneyMax.ph.