AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Interest rates on new credit card offers dipped slightly this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
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The average is composed of 100 of the most popular credit cards in the country, including cards from dozens of leading U.S. issuers and representing every card category. Introductory (teaser) rates are not included in the calculation. Of the nine categories we track, four were down and five were unchanged.
Rates for card categories tracked by CreditCards.com are listed below:
Credit Card Averages
Avg. APR | Last week | 6 months ago | |
National Average | 14.98% | 14.99% | 14.83% |
Low Interest | 10.62% | 10.73% | 10.73% |
Balance Transfer | 12.77% | 12.77% | 12.76% |
Business | 13.13% | 13.13% | 13.07% |
Student | 13.77% | 13.77% | 13.77% |
Airline | 14.44% | 14.44% | 14.24% |
Cash Back | 14.61% | 14.70% | 13.87% |
Reward | 14.69% | 14.70% | 14.40% |
Instant Approval | 15.49% | 15.99% | 15.99% |
Bad Credit | 24.96% | 24.96% | 24.96% |
Source: CreditCards.com | |||
Updated: 12-07-2011 | |||
The average annual percentage rate (APR) fell to 14.98 percent -- its first decrease since early November.
This week's drop was spurred by Wells Fargo and Discover. Wells Fargo had offered an APR range of 11.15 percent to 23.15 percent on both its Cash Back and Rewards credit cards before increasing both cards' offers to a range of 12.15 percent to 23.15 percent.
Discover lowered rates on its Motiva, More and Open Road cards. Each had carried an APR range of 11.99 percent to 19.99 percent before being lowered to a range of 10.99 percent to 19.99 percent.
Discover's decreases offset Wells Fargo's increases in our calculations, leaving the overall national average down slightly.
The CreditCards.com credit card rate survey (permalink: http://www.creditcards.com/rate-report) is conducted weekly, using offer data from the leading U.S. card issuers' websites. Introductory offer periods and regular interest rates will vary with applicants' credit quality and issuer risk-based pricing policies.
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