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Credit Card Debt Payoff
Model one card balance with a fixed payment and an illustrative declining minimum-payment comparison.
HiddenMeter's hand-set starter values are illustrative. Money amounts are in USD. They are not verified averages or current prices. No sourced price or price observation date is recorded for these starter values. Source context and dates below.
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Inputs
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Fixed-payment payoff time
36 months
The fixed-payment result includes monthly interest at the APR you entered and stops when the balance reaches zero.
Fixed-payment payoff time
36 months
Fixed-payment interest
$2,135.16
Illustrative minimum-payment payoff time
392 months
Illustrative minimum-payment interest
$19,596.06
Debt assumptions
- Starting balance
- $5,000.00
- APR
- 24.99%
- First-month interest
- $104.13
- Fixed payment
- $200.00
- Illustrative minimum rate
- 2.5%
- Illustrative minimum floor
- $35.00
Simplified illustration: one balance, no new purchases, fees, promotional rates, or payment-allocation rules.
Use your issuer statement for its actual minimum-payment formula and payoff disclosure.
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An educational scenario, not a quote, forecast, or personalized recommendation.
How this is calculated
- Each month applies APR divided by 12 to the remaining balance, then applies the entered payment.
- The minimum-payment comparator uses the greater of the entered percentage of opening balance or entered floor.
- The model stops after payoff or 1,200 months and never invents a payoff date for an unpaid balance.
What this does not tell you
- Does not include new purchases, cash advances, balance transfers, fees, promotional rates, or your issuer's exact payment allocation and minimum formula.
- This is an educational scenario, not a payment plan or credit recommendation.
Sources & assumptions
These sources support the approach described here. They do not make the illustrative starter prices verified averages. The source dates below record context checks, not starter-price observation dates. The linked material explains the method; it does not verify the example amounts.
Methodology and limitations- CFPB: Know Before You Owe — Credit cards
APR is the price of using a credit card, and missing a minimum payment can result in a late fee and violation of the card agreement.
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- CFPB credit-card penalty-fee rule
Credit-card disclosures include a minimum-payment warning that paying only the minimum can increase interest and payoff time.
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