Credit card annual percentage rates, commonly known as APRs, determine how much you’ll pay in interest if you carry a balance on your credit card. Your card’s APR can vary depending on a few different factors, and there can be different types of APRs ...

For example, the Prime Rate is currently 6.75%. There’s nothing preventing a card issuer from tweaking a new customer offer from Prime Rate + 13% up to Prime Rate + 13.25% if it wishes to mitigate the impact of a Fed rate cut and make more money from interest charges.

Following President Donald Trump's proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, Bilt's cards are offering a 10% APR for the first year. However, other credit card companies offer an introductory interest rate as low as 0%.

0% intro APR for 21 months from account opening on purchases and qualifying balance transfers. 17.49%, 23.99%, or 28.24% variable APR thereafter; balance transfers made within 120 days qualify for the intro rate, BT fee of 5%, min: $5.