Generations United FCU has designed two different balance transfer credit card options. These options allow our members to determine which interest rate, and which term works best for you. Each of the options provides an opportunity to pay down credit card debt during the term selected and once that term ends your interest rate is still 6% to 8% lower, on average, than most credit card options in the industry.
We offer the following interest rate/term options:
- 0.00% interest for 12 months with a balance transfer fee of 3.0% on the transfer amount, or
- 5.00% interest for 24 months with a balance transfer fee of 3.0% on the transfer amount
Depending on your current credit score you can transfer over a maximum of $10,000 and set a monthly repayment goal to pay down your debt and save significant interest until the balance is paid off. An example.
|
Credit Balance |
Introductory Interest Rate |
Monthly Payment Goal |
Credit Balance Reduction |
|
$10,000 |
0.00% |
$250.00/month |
$2,700 |
|
Credit Balance after 12-months |
Interest Rate after 12-months |
Monthly Payment Goal |
Total Months Needed to Pay Off Transfer Balance |
|
$7,300 |
18.00% |
$250.00/month |
51 months |
In this example, you can pay off your $10,000 credit card balance in 51 months with Generations United FCU and the interest that you would pay over the term would be approximately $2,376.00 (0.00% for 12 months and 18.0% for 39 months).
If you have a $10,000 balance with another credit card provider at an interest rate of 23.00% it would take 77 months to pay off the balance. By making the same $250.00 monthly payment, you will pay back $9,163.00 in interest over the 77 months.
By doing a 0.00%, 12-month balance transfer you can save over $6,787.00 on interest and not have to make a $250.00 payment over an additional 26 months.