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United Settlement » Paying Your Credit Card Bill Early
admin January 6, 2019

Paying Your Credit Card Bill Early

Credit cards, when used responsibly, are a highly useful financial tool that allow for purchasing flexibility and budgeting options, as well as the opportunity for an individual to build a strong credit score and profile.

The process of building a responsible track record of timely payments on credit card accounts may not be the most obvious benefit of using credit cards, but it is a significant benefit nonetheless.

Building a strong credit score ultimately results in receiving better terms and lower interest rates on a home mortgage, auto loan, or personal installment loan.

Beyond the clear importance of paying credit card bills on time, avoiding late fees and credit score dings – the following question may arise: “What happens when I pay my credit card bill early – and are there any benefits?” Let’s take a closer look.

When Should I Pay My Credit Card Bill?

At the very least, always pay your credit card bill prior to the statement due date. Credit card late fees are commonplace, and aside from being a waste of money (late fees typically run $25 or more), paying late is completely counterproductive toward building a strong credit score.

Because 35% of a FICO credit score calculation is based on payment history, even one or two late payments can have a negative impact on a credit score. Additionally, make sure to pay attention to your credit card statement closing date, which is a function of your specific billing cycle.

If your credit card bill shows a statement closing date of the 20th of that month, for example, then any payment you might make prior to the 20th would actually apply to the previous month.

Though the payment of course would be applied to your account balance, you would still need to make a subsequent minimum payment for the current month after the statement closes on the 20th.

Benefits of Paying a Credit Card Bill Early

Paying a credit card bill early will result in saving money on interest expense. In fact, if you pay your credit card bill in full before the statement closes, you often won’t pay any interest expense on charges made that same billing cycle.

Even if you do carry a balance, you’ll pay less interest expense, since most credit card companies calculate interest charges based on the average daily balance on the card.

When you pay a credit card bill early, that reduces the average daily balance and interest expense for the billing cycle. Also, even an early payment amount that is less than the minimum will get applied toward the minimum monthly payment, thereby reducing the amount you will ultimately be responsible for on the due date.

More Benefits of Paying a Credit Card Bill Early

Whenever a payment is made on a credit card, it reduces the outstanding balance and lowers the credit utilization ratio, which is the percentage of the total credit available to an individual that is actually borrowed. The lower the credit utilization ratio, the better it is for a FICO credit score, which assigns a 30% weighting component to this ratio.

Most credit card companies report balances to the credit bureaus on the statement closing date, therefore, making a payment prior to then will lower the credit utilization ratio for that month, making it possible to cause an uptick in the credit score.

Furthermore, since all credit card payments result in an equal amount of available credit opening up on a credit card, it can prove useful to make an early payment when a balance is bumping up toward the total credit line of the card. It’s never a good idea to be close to “maxed-out” on a card, as it can lead to a situation of going over the credit limit and possibly incurring an “over-limit” fee or subsequently becoming subject to a higher interest rate on the account.

Meantime, having a credit card purchase denied when you least expect it and may need it most is never desirable. Since emergency situations do arise, it is important to have sufficient credit available to meet them – so keeping a watchful eye on high balances and tending to them with early payments is always a good idea.

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