So the loan would count against your CL but at a better rate? So you'd have a $5.1kCL if you took the loan?
It's interesting they do this, would the payments for it be separate or will it fall under normal CC pay method which is any money to you pay towards the card hits the lowest interest segments first? (Ie normal card spend that isn't accruing yet)
@Anonymous wrote:The details say the payments become fixed but the money you pay will go towards which ever money you owe which has the highest APR. In every case it would seem this is money you owe before you get the loan. My offer is 7.99%. My regular APR is 17.24%.
That might be the case.
Here is some answers to FAQ:
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We’ll add the full amount of the loan to your credit card’s current balance. Your minimum payment due each billing cycle will automatically include the monthly payment amount for your loan.
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Statement balance Your current statement’s new balance, which is the total amount outstanding on your account, including all flexible financing offers, such as My Chase LoanSM | $2,400 |
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@Nomad3 wrote:It's interesting they do this, would the payments for it be separate or will it fall under normal CC pay method which is any money to you pay towards the card hits the lowest interest segments first? (Ie normal card spend that isn't accruing yet)
Citi has recently been doing it (received the second letter yesterday, got one last month/year/decade however you want to look at it) on their DC.
10K of 10K limit, similar aggressive fixed APR, nearly identical terms.
Pretty sure this is a new shift to Remedios's point, the prior ones were just the usual cash advance rates and this is something different and recent in the market... but when a major moves in a new and interesting direction, it's not going to be lost on the other majors as well.
What's interesting to me is that they're doing this at all but I guess we'll see how it plays out and if this is just a friendly holiday refinance your CC debt offer or if it's really a change in the wider credit market. Citi / Chase may be after the Goldman Sach's play into personal loans that they made previously without the overhead of fully underwriting a new loan. It's pretty ingenious I just don't know how long it's going to go around.
