My Credit Guide

My Credit Guide is an independent reference for consumer credit, focused on the market below a 670 score. Card reviews are verified against issuer disclosures and re-checked on a published schedule. Market data — average APRs, federal complaint records, tier pricing — is drawn directly from the Federal Reserve and the CFPB and updates automatically.

20.94%Average card APR, all accounts — Federal Reserve G.19
22.15%Average APR, accounts paying interest
24.05%Median APR offered at poor credit — CFPB survey, H2 2025
August 26, 2026Data last verified

Coverage

Credit Cards for Bad Credit

Secured, unsecured, and no-deposit cards — every product verified against its issuer’s own disclosures, costs stated first.

Card Reviews

OpenSky, Capital One Platinum Secured, Milestone, Indigo, Mercury — with federal complaint records on each.

Calculators

Payoff timelines, interest cost, snowball vs. avalanche, utilization. Free, in-browser, no signup.

Current Market Data

Average card APR from the Fed’s G.19 release and tier pricing computed from CFPB survey files, refreshed automatically.

Dispute Letters

Free bureau and furnisher templates with the CFPB-verified process and timelines.

Learn

Direct answers to the questions this market actually asks, sourced to primary documents.

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How this site works

Product terms come from issuer pricing documents and cardholder agreements, with the verification date shown on each page. State-law figures cite the state’s own code. Complaint data comes from the CFPB’s public database and refreshes weekly. Some product links are affiliate links; compensation never affects a rating, and the full policy is in How We Make Money and the Editorial Methodology.