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I'm confused.....I paid $459 off of my Capital One card to leave $35 balance to report giving me less than 9% utilization. Yet my interest charged is still $3.64?? The card has an interest rate of 13.94%. I dont understand how they are getting $3.64 of interest on a $35 balance. Am i missing something?
@determinedchick wrote:I'm confused.....I paid $459 off of my Capital One card to leave $35 balance to report giving me less than 9% utilization. Yet my interest charged is still $3.64?? The card has an interest rate of 13.94%. I dont understand how they are getting $3.64 of interest on a $35 balance. Am i missing something?
The month before did you also leave a balnace?
And if so did you pay all current monthly charges plus the balance from last month?
That's residual interest, even though the balance was paid off they still charge you interest for the days after the statement cut.
@Awesomely wrote:That's residual interest, even though the balance was paid off they still charge you interest for the days after the statement cut.
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Plus any other balance you may have carried from the previous billing cycle. If you don't want to incur any finance charges, then the best method is to PIF. If you want to leave $35 (for reporting purposes) during the current statement cycle, then you need to make sure your previous statement/billing had a $0 balance, otherwise the finance charge fairy will leave you with a nice surprise when your current statement cuts.
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It's usually average daily balance that gets you, NOT the interest on the small amount that wasn't paid off.
Based on your info provided, I estimed your average daily blance was about $313 for each day in your statement period.
Even if your average daily balance was $35, there can also be a minimum finance charge.
Thanks for the replies, i've got much to learn.
The average daily balance sounds right, i didn't know thats how it was calculated..