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No interest at all is charged for a certain period, with these 0% interest credit cards. The card issuing company makes its profit by the interest they charge on outstanding balances and fees as well. Many companies have found that they better entice people to use their service by giving them no interest for an initial period. This initial period is typically a year. The period of zero interest sometimes applies to balance transfers, sometimes to purchases, sometimes to both.

0 balance transfer credit cards are ones that charge zero interest for an initial period on balance transfers. Some cards charge no interest on purchases and some zero on both, but one has to be careful to be sure which area the 0% applies to when choosing a card. Cash advances can sometimes have a different set of rules including higher interest, interest owed from the date of the transaction rather from the date of billing, and cash advance balances being paid of only after all other balances have been cleared. So as you can see it is vital to understand the particular details of any card.