Ways to Pay
Different ways to pay: cash, debit cards, contactless, online payments, mobile payments; that digital payments still use real money; keeping payment details safe
What a learner can do afterwards
- Name at least four different ways people can pay for things
- Explain that tapping a card or phone still spends real money from a bank account
- Give one reason why you should keep card numbers and passwords private
1 · Read
There is more than one way to pay for things. Cash is paper money and coins. A debit card, tapping a card or phone, and paying online are other ways. They all use real money, even the ones where you never touch a coin.
Mia buys a book that costs $12. She taps her mom's phone on the reader at the store. No coins move and no bills change hands, but $12 still leaves her mom's bank account, the same as if she had paid with cash.
Keep card numbers and passwords private, like a secret you would not tell a stranger. If a message or a call asks for them out of nowhere, tell a grown-up before you answer.
Cash, cards, tapping, and paying online all spend real money, so keep your numbers and passwords private.
2 · Watch
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Where this leads
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