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The Jesse Mecham Show

Debit vs Credit Card Smackdown (and a Rant)

The Jesse Mecham Show

YNAB

Kids & Family, Education

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In response to episode #603 "You Spend More Money with Credit Cards," many listeners wrote Jesse to pick a bone with his claim that the debit card was a superior way to pay for things. The arguments usually boil down to the assertion that credit cards have better purchase protection and fraud prevention compared to debit cards. Jesse addresses these concerns, and more, on today's episode.

 

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0:00.0

Hello, Wine Appers. My name is Jesse. We come with another episode of The Wine App Podcast,

0:09.1

where we teach you four rules to help you stop in the pitch, to paycheck, to get out of

0:11.9

debt, and save more money. Y'all, I'm not even really promoting the ass, Jesse, at email

0:19.2

address, but the credit card talk, the credit card debit card talk has created quite a stir

0:28.8

among you. And I've never had more people write in, and tell me, I'm on board, or you're crazy.

0:36.8

So, it means it makes for a good podcast, I think. Don't they say that's what talk radio

0:45.8

is supposed to be? No matter what, if you have opinion, you stick to it. Well, I can't promise

0:51.7

good talk radio then, because I have been known to change my mind, and honestly, I am doing

0:57.2

it over the waves, over the bits, right now. Talking to a guy that has used a credit card

1:03.9

for years, and then as of literally a month ago at the time of this recording said, debit

1:11.2

card only for me. Oh my gosh, the simplicity, the beauty of it. Y'all should see my budget,

1:19.2

I want to count categories, priorities. It's beautiful. I have, let's see, Barbara wrote

1:27.0

in, she's like, whoa, whoa, Jesse, be careful. The fraud protection is quite different for credit

1:32.9

cards versus debit cards. And it is, one is covered by the FCBA, the fair credit, something,

1:41.8

and the debit cards are protected by the electronic, what's it called? Electronic funds

1:49.2

transfer act, fair credit billing act versus electronic funds transfer act. Okay, first

1:53.9

of all, well, just a couple of thoughts, not first of all, a couple of thoughts to everyone,

1:59.6

not just Barbara. Barbara, thank you for the email, though. That thought is just for you,

2:03.6

but the rest of this is for everybody. Who writes banking laws? Congress, if you're in

2:09.8

I'm talking about in the US, who influences the laws that Congress writes, bankers, right?

2:17.4

Who writes airline laws, airlines? Who writes personal budgeting software laws? I would

2:23.2

hope to, obviously, because then you could make laws that created a nice little competitive

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