USAA Cash Rewards™ World Mastercard®

Seeing a need to provide financial insurance and services for themselves and people in their community, a handful of military servicemen started helping each other with money and insurance back in 1922. Since then, they have grown to develop one of the most beloved financial services companies in the United States. That privately-held company is known today as USAA and has a customer base of approximately 8 million servicemen and women and their family members.

It is easy to see how USAA could have come to earn such a remarkable reputation. One look at the USAA Cash Rewards World MasterCard, for example, and you will quickly agree that the benefits USAA provide their customers are top notch. Of course, an association with MasterCard ensures that everyday benefits are available as well.

This card, first of all, is a cash rebate rewards card. Plain and simple, every purchase you make will earn points towards cash rewards. In fact, you can earn as much as 2.25% in cash rebates every year. To earn the maximum points you will need to use your card to make gas and grocery purchases, but that should be pretty easy to do.

Your earnings will be calculated at the close of the calendar year and your rebate will be issued in January. With no rewards cap and no restrictions on earnings, using your card all year long to fill your tank and your refrigerator could easily earn you a decent chunk of change. You can even earn cash bonuses in addition to the rebates, depending on how much you charge, overall, over the course of the year.

While cash rebates are definitely the most attractive features, this card is also an easy decision since it has no annual fee and no minimum finance charge. Combined with competitive interest rates on balance transfers and cash advances as well as standard purchases this lack of fees and finance charges could easily save you money over other similar cards on the market today. Of course, your particular collection of interest rates will depend on the market prime rate and your credit score when you apply and are approved for the card.

If saving money is something that appeals to you, you might want to know that the processing fees charged by this card are quite reasonable. To be more exact, you can expect to pay no more than 3%, and no more than $200, per balance transfer and cash advance transaction. You will also pay no more than 1% on foreign exchange transactions. Finally, you can avoid interest altogether when you pay off new charges in full within the 25-day interest-free grace period.

The review prepared by CreditCardsCo™. Opinions expressed therein are solely those of the reviewer.