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Residual Interest

Interest that continues to accrue on your credit card balance from the statement cycle date until the bank receives your payment. For example, if your statement cycle date was March 3 and the bank received your payment on March 13, there were ten days for which interest accrued. This amount will be posted on your next statement.

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