Average Daily Balance Financial Glossary

What is it? An interest calculation method used by credit card issuers. The average daily balance is determined by adding each days balance and dividing that total by the number of days in the billing cycle. The average daily balance is then multiplied by a credit cards specified periodic rate to compute interest due.

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