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Credit card interest rates chart

Kelly Dilworth

by Kelly Dilworth

August 21, 2019

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See key rates data from our weekly survey of card APRs covering 2007-2019

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Every week, the CreditCards.com editorial team gathers and publishes the annual percentage rates of new card offers from 100 of the most popular credit cards in our Weekly Rate Report. The chart below presents the historic credit card interest rates data we have gathered since mid-2007.

Use the tabs above the chart to switch between types of credit cards. Hover over any point on a line to see the date and exact rate.

See related: Guide to rising credit card interest rates What is a good APR for a credit card?

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Kelly Dilworth is a personal finance contributor and former staff reporter at CreditCards.com. She began her career in journalism at The Atlantic in 2007, then detoured into nonfiction book publishing for several years. She returned to journalism in 2010 and since then has written about everything from 20-somethings with Herculean credit scores to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions.

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Business
Low Interest and 0% Intro APR
Balance Transfers
Cash Back
Rewards
Travel
Credit Card Rate Report Updated: September 16th, 2020
National Average
16.00%
Low Interest
12.77%
Business
13.91%
Balance Transfer
13.84%
Airline
15.48%
Cash Back
15.94%
Reward
15.78%
Student
16.12%
Instant Approval
18.38%
Bad Credit
24.43%

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