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From $75
Annual fee
25.9% to 29.99%
Purchase APR (variable)
580
Recommended credit score
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You can apply with limited, fair or even good credit. Continental Finance markets this card as a tool that helps you build or re-establish credit.
While the card is marketed as an unsecured card, you may be required to put down a security deposit depending on your credit. Continental Finance doesn’t state how you might get this deposit back while you’re a cardholder. That’s a contrast to a provider such as Discover, which will review your account starting at eight months to see if it can return your deposit.
You can apply for the Surge Mastercard® Credit Card even if you have low to fair credit. However the card comes with steep fees and interest, and you’re not guaranteed to get the unsecured version. For this reason, you could find a better card that serves your needs.
Strongly consider a secured credit card instead, which you can get by providing a refundable security deposit.