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How much interest do you have to pay to the credit card company?
Is there a fixed monthly rate? Or does it depend on how much money there is in your credit card and how much you purchase using it?
5 months ago - 2 answers
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It depends on your balance and your interest rate. For example, if your APR is 20%, and your average daily balance is $500, then you'd get billed about $8.33 a month for that balance. How you calculate your interest is, you take your balance, here $500, then you multiply it by your APR - 20%. This gives you $100 - but wait - APR means Annual Percentage Rate, so the $100 is what you'd be billed for a full year of carrying a $500 balance. Divide that $100 by 12 (months in a year), and you get about $8.33. Simply put, the equation is (<bal> x <APR>) / 12. As mentioned before, though, if you pay your bill in full by the due date, instead of making minimum payments or something, then you don't get any interest charged at all.
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Credit industry for 15+ years.
by Carlii
5 months ago
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I have paid no interest on any credit card in 20 years. I never have a balance owing when due date comes around. I even have a credit card that charges 18% per annum, but they too never get a penny of interest because I pay them off well before due date. So why have a card that I pay off and never pay interest? I get a minimum of 1% cash back on everything I spend on these cards, some savings up to 4%. They are using these inducements to get me into debt, I know that, but I am using their credit cards just to save money with no intention to stay in debt even one month. I purchase from 1200 to 2000 on credit cards each month, and I get some extra incentives because of larger spending. But the interest is still zero because I pay it all off.
by donfletcheryh- 5 months ago



