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Credit limit

The most the bank lets you owe on that card at any moment. It is a ceiling, not a budget, and using a big share of it every month is read as a warning sign.

In pesos: A $30,000 MXN limit does not mean you can afford $30,000: it means the bank will let you owe that much.

Where to go deeper

4/4 6 min Read Your first credit card (and how not to wreck yourself) What the CAT really is, why the minimum payment is a trap, how the interest starts running, and what a credit history buys you later.

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