What is an Affinity Credit Card?
By Jon Francis Affinity credit cards are the fastest growing segment of the credit card market. An affinity credit card is just like a standard credit card with one important difference. Every time you use it, youre making a donation to your favorite charity. By making an affinity card your major credit card, you can help make substantial donations to worthwhile charities just by using your credit card as you normally would. Most people are familiar with the idea behind credit cards rewards programs. In order to convince buyers to use their credit cards to pay for purchases instead of cash, many credit card companies offer cards with built-in rewards. Those rewards may be cash back, or free miles with airlines, or discounts at the petrol station. When you choose an affinity card, the reward is in the form of a donation to the charity represented on the face of the card. Affinity credit cards have been around since the mid-1980s, but theyve only recently begun to become popular in the U
