Chapter 7, Problem 3FPC

June Xu is a registered nurse who earns $3,250 per month after taxes. She has been reviewing her savings strategies and current banking arrangements to determine if she should make any changes. June has a regular checking account that charges her a flat fee per month, writes an average of 18 checks a month, and carries an average balance of $795 (although it has fallen below $750 during 3 months of the past year). Her only other account is a money market deposit account with a balance of $4,250. She tries to make regular monthly deposits of $50–$100 into her money market account but has done so only about every other month. Of the many checking accounts June’s bank offers, here are the three that best suit her needs.• Regular checking, per-item plan: Service charge of $3 per month plus 35 cents per check.• Regular checking, flat-fee plan (the one June currently has): Monthly fee of $7 regardless of how many checks written. With either of these regular checking accounts, she can avoid…

Rebecca carries a balance on her credit card each month. Today is the first day of the new. 28-day billing cycle. The current balance is x and the APR is 24%. Rebecca is buying a friend an expensive gift that costs $1,400 that she plans to put on her credit card. This will be her only purchase this month.  She will bemaking this purchase on the last day of the month. Part A if her finance charge will be $51 write and solve an equation to determine her current balance on her credit card show your work. Part B How much in finance charges can she save by making the purchase on the last day of the billing versus the first day of billing? Explain

Juanita has good credit and gets the lowest interest rate possible for her credit card. She has a balance of $982 on her January statement. What is her periodic rate?

Using Time Value of Money Calculations and formulas While she was travelling, Zainab took advantage of the convenience of cash withdrawals on her credit card since her Canadian debit card wasn’t accepted in the country she was in.  According to her travel budget she withdrew $175 every day for food, activities and shopping for 21 days.  When she got home, on the 21st day, she checked her credit card bill on-line and it showed that she had been charged interest already even though her payment wasn’t past due.  It turns out that interest is compounded daily on cash withdrawals, from the day the cash is withdrawn If the interest rate on cash withdrawals is 28%, what was her total bill when she got home?  What would be the total interest paid?

If you are trying to build credit by using a credit card, each time you make a purchase with the credit card, deduct that amount from your checking account. That way, when your credit card bill is due, you will have enough to pay the credit card off in full. Kathy Lehner is going to start doing this. She plans on paying her credit card bill in full this month. How much does she owe with a 12% APR and the following transactions? 28-day billing cycle 1-October Previous balance $ 1,168 3-October Credit $ 75.00 12-October Charge: King Soopers $ 152.00 15-October Payment $ 350.00 25-October Charge: Delta $ 325.00 30-October Charge: Holiday Fun $ 65.00 APR 12% Required: Using the information above, complete the following table and questions Number of days of current balance Current balance Extension 2 $ 1,168.00   9     3     10     5     2     What is the total extension amount? What is the average daily balance? What is the total number of days of…

Flip opened a credit card account. During the first month he purchased new cloths that totaled $1,505.57 and then put the card in a desk drawer and didn’t use it again. The structure of the minimum monthly payment is the interest charge plus an additional 1.9% of the remaining balance.  If Flip only makes the minimum monthly payment, how long will it take for the remaining balance to be half the amount of Flip's original purchases?

Zoe Robinson has several credit cards, on which she is carrying a total current balance of $14,000. Her current cards charge her 12% per year. She is considering transferring this balance to a new card issued by a local bank. The bank advertises that, for a 3 percent fee, she can transfer her balance to a card that charges a 0 percent interest rate on transferred balances for the first 12 months. How much will Zoe save during the first twelve months if she transfers the balance?

An individual spends $20 per day. Suppose that this person pays for all her purchases using her credit card. She withdraws no money from her bank account until the morning of the fourth day, when she withdraws the whole amount necessary to pay for her credit card purchases over the previous four days.

f you are trying to build credit by using a credit card, each time you make a purchase with the credit card, deduct that amount from your checking account. That way, when your credit card bill is due, you will have enough to pay the credit card off in full. Kathy Lehner is going to start doing this. She plans on paying her credit card bill in full this month. How much does she owe with a 12% APR and the following transactions?   31-day billing cycle 10/1 Previous balance     $ 1,177 10/3 Credit $ 66 Credit   10/12 Charge: King Soopers $ 161     10/15 Payment $ 440 Credit   10/25 Charge: Delta $ 334     10/30 Charge: Holiday Fun $ 74     What is the amount owed?