🌾 The Silo

How long does this card take at the minimum?

Type in a balance, the APR, and who issued the card. The Silo runs the issuer's own minimum-payment formula month by month and tells you the honest answer. For a lot of cards it's "never."

Nothing is saved. The result lives in the link.

The minimum-payment formulas, issuer by issuer

This is the table the calculator runs on. Issuers publish these in the cardmember agreement, in the part nobody reads. Terms vary by product, so check your own statement when it matters.

IssuerMinimumFloorAdds the month's interest?Also covers
Chase 1% of the balance $40 Yes amazon visa, aeroplan, sapphire, freedom, slate
Citi 1% of the balance $41 Yes citibank, costco, home depot, double cash, strata
Capital One 1% of the balance $25 Yes quicksilver, venture, savor, walmart, rei
Bank of America 1% of the balance $35 Yes bofa, alaska air, cash rewards, unlimited rewards
American Express 2% of the balance $40 No amex, delta skymiles, blue cash, platinum, plum
Discover 2% of the balance $35 No
Wells Fargo 1% of the balance $25 Yes one key, bilt, active cash
Synchrony 1% of the balance $35 Yes paypal, lowes, lowe's, sweetwater, ashley
Apple Card 1% of the balance $25 Yes goldman, apple
Barclays 1% of the balance $29 Yes barclaycard, jetblue, aviator, wyndham, hawaiian
US Bank 1% of the balance $40 Yes u.s. bank, elan, altitude
TD Bank 1% of the balance $30 Yes target, redcard, red card, nordstrom
Comenity 5% of the balance $27 No bread financial, victoria, torrid, ulta, wayfair
Typical issuer 1% of the balance $25 Yes

How it's computed: each month the balance grows by APR ÷ 12, the issuer's minimum is recomputed from the new balance, and the payment comes off. When the minimum is smaller than the month's interest, the balance grows instead of shrinking. That is the "never." Fees, promo rates and new charges aren't modeled here; The Silo's full plan handles all three.

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