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Using credit cards on purpose: interest, rewards, credit scores, and staying out of card debt.

How Credit Card Interest Works (and How to Pay None)

Card interest is a taxi meter. Pay your statement in full and it never starts. Carry a balance and it runs every day, on almost everything.

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Credit card interest is charged daily on any balance you carry, but paying your full statement balance each month means you pay none. See how APR really works.