Not exact matches
With less debt, you
save money on interest charges and reduce your risk of financial catastrophe
if your income is disrupted and you are unable to make payments.
If you know you need (or might need) to
charge an amount that you can't immediately pay off, a low
interest credit card can help you
save money in
interest on those purchases.
If you pay your balance off in full each and every month you
save money on interest charges and will never find yourself deep in debt.
Paying extra
on my mortgage over the last 16 years (with different properties) has enabled me to (1) refi right before my ARM unlocked in the middle of the housing meltdown, which
saved me a lot of
money in
interest payments going forward, and (2) obtain a sizeable HELOC against my current house, which will give me access to funds
if I need them for my fourplex remodel, but will only
charge me
interest if I need to use it.
If you'd like to
save money on interest on the balance you're currently carrying, then you're probably most
interested in a credit card that
charges 0 %
interest on balance transfers.
Typically,
if you want to
save the most in
interest charges, you'd take a strategy to pay the monthly minimum required
on each credit card to avoid fees — and then apply as much
money as possible toward the credit card that
charges the highest
interest rate.