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Enter your card balance, APR, minimum payment percent and a fixed payment amount. The calculator compares both strategies for time and interest cost.
Minimum payments barely exceed monthly interest, so the balance falls slowly and interest keeps compounding, often stretching payoff over many years and huge interest.
Interest is charged monthly on your balance at your card's periodic rate (APR ÷ 12). Any unpaid balance carries over and accrues interest the next cycle.
Yes. Paying a steady amount above the minimum shortens payoff dramatically and slashes total interest, because more of each payment attacks the principal.