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icloud2525
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3.25 APR

Just got a invite from the First National Bank of Omaha. They said "We're changing the game", and boy are they. 3.25 apr is unreal. Does come with $89 annual fee though. Something to think about I suppose. I've never carried balances except on 0% intro offers but it might be worth the AF in case it's ever needed.
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Anonymous
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Re: 3.25 APR

I would take in a minute, but I often carry a balance..

 

 

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Anonymous
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Re: 3.25 APR

Id rather take the 0 AF 6.25 APR card.
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galahad15
Valued Contributor

Re: 3.25 APR

I agree with Nixon, would rather take the 6.25% FNBO card with no annual fee.  Now, if it were potentially an AF-free card OTOH though, that might be a different story, lol  Smiley Wink  With very few exceptions, I generally almost never apply for cards that carry annual fees.  Btw, doesn't the annual fee alone automatically  bump the actual APY that would be incurred annually above the base 3.25% APR?


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TheGardner
Valued Contributor

Re: 3.25 APR

If you carry a balance over a few thousand for a year it's cheaper than the no AF ver.
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TheGardner
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Re: 3.25 APR

Isn't prime 3.25% how is this even possible?

We have finally found a true prime lender guys..
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jsucool76
Super Contributor

Re: 3.25 APR

would be a good emergency card but I'm not in the game of paying for a card I maybe might need at some point. 

 

It's like a credit card insurance policy Smiley Tongue 

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TheGardner
Valued Contributor

Re: 3.25 APR

True, may have a low CL to boot making it effectively worthless. Anything under 10k probably not much worth it as you would kill your scores with any real balance.
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galahad15
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Re: 3.25 APR

But with the annual free, will the card still be as competitive as the current 3.25% V rate it's at right now, when the prime rate eventually goes up when the Fed raises rates though, as they surely will at some future point?  Just curious...  (Don't get me wrong, I definitely *love* the advertised 3.25% rate; the AF just makes me a lil cautious if I were ever hypothetically invited to apply for a product like this.)

 

ETA:  FWIW and just for some historical perspective of sorts on the prime rate, wasn't the prime rate set at as high as ~12%, sometime in the 1980's?


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Anonymous
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Re: 3.25 APR

No AF 6.x% I'd keep as an emergency card. 3.25% is only useful if you don't PIF, which is problematic for other reasons. 

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