You will be charged a minimum finance charge if the calculated amount of your finance charge is less than the minimum finance charge set by your credit card company for a billing cycle. For example, your finance charge may be calculated to be $0.35 but if the company's minimum finance charge is $0.50, you'll pay $0.50. A minimum finance c [..]

A minimum finance charge is a fee collected by a credit card issuer each billing period. It applies when the actual finance charge you owe isn’t equal to or larger than this minimum. For example, if the minimum finance charge is 50 cents, and you owe $5 in finance charges, the minimum would not apply. But if you had no other finance charges, you’d [..]

A minimum finance charge is the smallest amount that must be paid on the balance of a credit card bill from the previous billing cycle. The charge is usually around $0.50 which can be higher than the finance charge. A minimum finance charge is different than a minimum payment.