Card Briefs: Bank in Illinois Offers Low-Rate MasterCard

Oak Brook Bank has launched a low-rate standard MasterCard, with a variable interest rate permanently set at 0.05 percentage point below prime, which is currently 8.25%.

Consumers "are very conscious about interest rates, so we tailored this product to that effect," said Beth Petrovic, spokeswoman for the $750 million-asset bank.

The card carries an annual fee of $85. It is among low-rate card programs that make up about 25% of Oak Brook's 60,000 accounts, said Ms. Petrovic.

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