It's a new way to trade credits. But it has a penalty. It costs you 10,000CS, but it is only worth 9,500CS afterwards. There's a 500CS penalty fee on it. It's just an alternative to trading mass amounts of items for credit sprees.
Edit: Wow we are all seriously ready on the trigger haha! Well, there's your answer
Me, Em, and Jedi I guess were all ready for it.