Store or retail credit card
issued by a bank on a retailer's behalf
67/100Strong fit
on a balanced view of all values
No or low annual fee: Strong. The CFPB's Issue Spotlight on retail credit cards describes them as typically carrying no annual fee, unlike their finding on interest rates. The same report states that in December 2024, new retail cards offered by the top 100 retailers had an average private label APR of 32.66 percent, compared with an average general-purpose card APR of 25.2 percent that year, and that 90 percent of retail cards reported a maximum APR above 30 percent, compared with 38 percent of general-purpose cards. source↗ 2025
One source: consumerfinance.govconsumerfinance.gov
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