Overview of the RBC® Visa‡ Classic Low Rate Option
Card details
- Annual fee
- Purchase interest rate
RBC® Visa‡ Classic Low Rate Option details
- Welcome bonus
- Enjoy a 0.99% introductory interest rate for the first 10 months on balance transfers^ and no annual fee for the first year*. Apply by September 30, 2026.
- Annual fee
- $20
- Balance transfer offer
- 0.99% per month for the first 10 months
- Purchase interest rate
- 12.99%
- Cash advance interest rate
- 12.99%
- Balance transfer interest rate
- 12.99%
- Minimum income
- Any amount
- Household income
- Any amount
- Payment network
- VISA
- Provider
- RBC Royal Bank
- Card type
- Low interest
Detailed card summary
Benefits & features
- Enjoy a 0.99% introductory interest rate for the first 10 months on balance transfers^ and no annual fee for the first year*. Apply by September 30.
- Get a low, fixed annual interest rate of 12.99% on purchases, cash advances and balance transfers1. No surprises.
- Get special partner offers from brands like Petro Canada, Rexall and DoorDash.
- Save 3¢/L on fuel and earn 20% more Petro-Points when you pay with an eligible linked RBC card3
- Link your eligible RBC Card and earn 50 Be Well™ points on every $1 spent on eligible purchases at Rexall5
- Get a 6-month complimentary DashPass subscription – a value of almost $60. Plus, enjoy unlimited deliveries with $0 delivery fees on qualifying orders of $15 or more when you pay with your eligible RBC credit card7,8
How to get approved
Eligibility
- Minimum income Any
- Household income Any
- Recommended credit score +
- You are a permanent Canadian resident and have reached the age of majority in the province in which you live.
User reviews
Average user score for RBC® Visa‡ Classic Low Rate Option
4.3 | 4 reviews
Geneviève Gariépy
La carte est à faible taux d’intérêt, mais ce n’est pas le meilleur taux que j’ai vu qui était disponible. Par contre, le taux n’augmente pas après 6 mois, c’est un bon point.
John Etty
Applied two to three times via email and once mailing in information. Sent a letter back to me but was not clear on what I needed to complete. So please respond as I like to apply for a card
Mélissa Bouchard
It is useful to have a lower rate credit card rather then one that is giving points but has a super high interest rate.
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Natasha Macmillan
While it does have a minor annual fee compared to the no fee low interest cards on this list, the RBC Visa Classic Low Rate Option offers a competitively-low fixed interest rate of 12.99% on purchases and a few perks like savings on gas.
Pros:
- Low interest rate: low fixed purchase interest rate of 12.99%, which doesn’t change with the Bank of Canada’s prime rate and will save you on interest charges if you carry a balance
- Save on gas: save 3 cents per litre at Petro Canada gas stations and earn 20% more Petro points when you link your card to a Petro Points account
Cons:
- No balance transfer offer currently available
- Does not include any insurance benefits besides the standard purchase assurance and extended warranty
Legal
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^ In order to benefit from the 0.99% introductory interest rate on cash advances for 10 months, your application must be submitted via online RBC channels by September 30, 2026 and approved by us. This offer only applies to new applications for an RBC Visa Classic Low Rate Option credit card received between November 26, 2025 and March 25, 2026 (“Offer Period”) and approved by Royal Bank of Canada (“Royal Bank”), subject to the conditions below. Additional cardholders(s) (co-applicant and authorized user(s)) on the RBC Visa Classic Low Rate Option credit card account, as well as existing cardholders on any RBC Royal Bank personal credit card transferring to an RBC Visa Classic Low Rate Option credit card during the Offer Period, are not eligible for this offer. Please note this offer is only available online and for approved applications that are submitted via online RBC channels. The introductory interest rate offer is applicable to all cash advances (i.e. cash withdrawals from a bank branch or ATM with your RBC Royal Bank credit card, balance transfers, cash-like transactions and bill payments that are not pre-authorized charges that you set-up with a merchant). All other account activities, including purchases, are subject to the standard account annual interest rate(s) as shown in the Information Box. Interest is charged from the day the cash advance is made, until we receive your payment for the total amount you owe. The introductory interest rate on cash advances remains in effect through the first 10 full monthly statement periods (approximately 10 months from account open date). The Interest Rate Chart on your monthly statement will indicate the date on which the introductory interest rate expires, as long as you have a remaining balance associated with your introductory interest rate. If we do not process statements on the expiry date (for example, if it falls on a holiday or weekend), you will continue to benefit from that introductory interest rate until your statement is prepared, the next processing day. Once the offer expires: (i) all cash advances; and (ii) any remaining balances, which were subject to the introductory interest rate under this offer, will be subject to the cash advances interest rate indicated on your monthly statement. In general, if your credit card account consists of balances with different interest rates, such as purchases at the standard interest rate and cash advances at an introductory or promotional interest rate (e.g. a special lower rate balance transfer, or a temporary lower rate on all cash advances), any payment that exceeds the minimum payment due will be allocated to those balances in a proportionate manner. Your payment will not be applied to the balance(s) of your choice, such as the balance(s) with the highest interest rate, or to any category of balance(s) following a specific order. Please see the RBC Royal Bank Credit Card Agreement for details on how we allocate your payments. . If you miss making any minimum payment by the payment due date and if you have not paid it before the date we prepare your next monthly statement, and/or if you change your actual RBC Royal Bank credit card for another type of card before the expiration of the offer, you will lose the benefit of this and any other introductory or promotional interest rate offer(s) in which you are participating and any remaining balance(s) which were subject to the introductory or other promotional annual interest rate under an offer(s) will be subject to the annual interest rate(s) indicated on your monthly statement, beginning on the first day of the third statement period after the missed payment. Cash advances do not qualify for Avion® points, partner rewards or cash back credits if your credit card is a type that earns rewards. Balance transfers cannot be used to pay any RBC Royal Bank credit card account or used for pre-authorized payments. Please call customer service at 1-800 ROYAL 1-2 (1-800-769-2512) for up-to-date information on your credit card account. Your RBC Royal Bank Credit Card Agreement explains the terms under which you use your RBC Royal Bank credit card. Please refer to it for full details.
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Coverage underwritten by RBC Insurance Company of Canada.
All insurance is subject to limitations and exclusions. Please refer to the insurance certificates included in your printed Welcome Kit for complete details or online in Credit Card Documentation.
†Cash advance interest rate of 14.99%, effective from the first date of your statement period beginning on or after September 10, 2026
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Cash Advances, including Balance Transfers and cash withdrawals from an ATM, can be made up to your available credit and daily limits. There is no interest-free period for cash advances, which means that interest is charged from the day the cash advance is made until we receive your payment for the total amount you owe. Cash advance fees may apply depending on the type of cash advance. Please refer to your RBC Royal Bank Credit Card Agreement for more details.
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To participate in this offer, you must have an RBC debit card or a credit card which is issued by Royal Bank of Canada (excluding RBC commercial credit cards) (“RBC Card”). RBC business clients will only be able to link up to two (2) RBC business credit cards and one (1) RBC business debit card to a Petro-Points card.
You must be enrolled in RBC Online Banking or the RBC Mobile app in order to link your RBC Card to your Petro-Points card. Card linking may take up to 2 business days to process before savings and bonus points can be applied to purchases. A linked RBC Card means an RBC Card linked to a Petro-Points Account. Your linked RBC Card acts as your Petro-Points card. You will automatically earn Petro-Points when you pay for qualifying purchases with your linked RBC Card at Petro-Canada locations and you do not need to swipe your Petro-Points card before you pay. You can redeem your Petro-Points at Petro-Canada using your linked RBC Card.
Each time you use your linked RBC Card to purchase any grade of gasoline, or diesel, at a Petro-Canada location, you will save three cents ($0.03) per litre at the time of the transaction.
Each time you use your linked RBC Card to pay for qualifying purchases at a Petro-Canada location, you will earn a bonus of twenty percent (20%) more Petro-Points than you normally earn, in accordance with the Petro-Points terms and conditions available at www.petro-canada.ca/en/personal/terms-conditions.
Petro-Points are not awarded on tobacco products, vaping products, gift cards, transit tickets and taxes on non-petroleum purchases.
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Coverage underwritten by RBC Insurance Company of Canada.
All insurance is subject to limitations and exclusions. Please refer to the insurance certificates included in your printed Welcome Kit for complete details or online in Credit Card Documentation.
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To participate in this offer, you must have an eligible RBC Debit Card, Personal Credit Card or Business Credit Card which is issued by Royal Bank of Canada (excluding RBC commercial credit cards) (“RBC Card”). RBC Business Owners will only be able to link up to two (2) Business Credit Cards and one RBC Debit Card to a Be Well Card.
Eligible RBC Debit Cards are debit cards tied to a personal banking or savings account or a business banking or savings account in good standing that is set up to pay for goods and services at a store or merchant that has point of sale or other designated debit card terminals that accept debit card payments.
You must be enrolled in RBC Online Banking or the RBC Mobile app in order to link your RBC Card to your Be Well Card. Card linking may take up to 2 business days to process before Be Well points can be applied to purchases. Each time you scan your Be Well Card and pay with your Linked RBC Card, you will earn 50 Be Well points for every $1 spent on eligible purchases at Rexall Locations, in accordance with the Be Well Terms and Conditions available at https://www.letsbewell.ca/terms-conditions.
Be Well points are not awarded on taxes; tobacco products; products containing codeine; lottery tickets; alcohol; bottle deposits; gift cards; prepaid cards and wireless or long distance phone cards; event tickets; transit tickets and passes; post office transactions; stamps; passport photos; cash back; gifts with purchases; delivery charges; environmental levies; Home Health Care services/rentals and any other products or services that we may specify from time to time or where prohibited by law.
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To “”redeem”” means to use your Be Well points to pay, or partially pay, for eligible purchases by using your Be Well card at the point of sale in participating Rexall stores following the instructions provided by the cashier, the point-of-sale terminal or other payment processing device. You can redeem the Be Well points you collect for eligible purchases, see Section 5 of the Be Well Terms and Conditions (available at https://www.letsbewell.ca/terms-conditions), or for any other purposes of which we may advise you from time to time.
You must have enrolled in the Be Well program and have registered your Be Well card, or otherwise have called customer service, in order to redeem Be Well points. Any Be Well points collected on a Be Well card will remain the property of the Be Well Administrator until the enrolment and registration process has been completed.
You must redeem a minimum of 25,000 Be Well points at any one time, which are worth $10. Be Well points may be redeemed in increments of $10 up to a maximum of $200 (500,000 Be Well points) in a single transaction. A maximum of 500,000 Be Well points can be redeemed within a 24-hour period.
In Ontario and British Columbia, Be Well points cannot be redeemed on prescriptions. The laws in each province and territory may change from time to time and you are advised to consult with your pharmacist for additional information in this respect.
Be Well points you collect upon making a purchase cannot be redeemed for that purchase and can only be redeemed for a subsequent eligible purchase provided 12 hours have passed since the Be Well points were collected.
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To receive a complimentary DashPass subscription for $0 delivery fees on orders of $15 or more at eligible restaurants when you pay with your Eligible RBC Credit Card, you must subscribe to DashPass by adding an Eligible RBC Credit Card, accept the DoorDash terms and conditions, and activate your benefit by clicking “Activate Free DashPass” before November 16, 2028 (“Offer Period”). If you are an existing DashPass subscriber and have already added an Eligible RBC Credit Card to your account you must activate your benefit by clicking “Activate Free DashPass” during the Offer Period. If you have been charged for DashPass you will receive a refund to the method of original payment, in the amount of the monthly subscription fee for the month you activate your complimentary subscription. For all clients, by clicking on “Activate Free DashPass” you agree to the DoorDash terms and conditions which can be found at https://help.doordash.com/consumers/s/terms-and-conditions .
Eligible RBC Credit cardholders include primary cardholders, co-applicants, authorized users, primary business cardholders and secondary business cardholders on an Eligible RBC Credit Card account.
The DashPass monthly subscription fee will be waived (“Complimentary DashPass Subscription”) and you will receive either a 6 months or 12 months Complimentary DashPass Subscription based on the Eligible RBC Credit Card you use to subscribe to DashPass.
DashPass subscriptions purchased through third parties, including third-party payment accounts, or online or mobile digital wallets (like Apply Pay and Google Pay) are not eligible for the Complimentary DashPass Subscription.
Eligible RBC Credit Cards: Your Eligible RBC Credit Card may only be used with one DoorDash account to receive a Complimentary DashPass Subscription. Once you have received a Complimentary DashPass Subscription you cannot use the same eligible RBC Credit Card to obtain a Complimentary DashPass Subscription with another DoorDash account.
You are only eligible for one 12 month Complimentary DashPass Subscription and one 6 months Complimentary DashPass Subscription during the Offer Period. The Complimentary DashPass Subscription commences on the date you subscribe to receive the Complimentary DashPass Subscription. For example, if you subscribe to a 12 month Complimentary DashPass Subscription in on the last day of your second month of a 6 months Complimentary DashPass Subscription you will receive a total of 14 months of Complimentary DashPass Subscription. In order to validate your credit card as an Eligible RBC Credit Card, Royal Bank may need to administer a $0.50 charge to validate your card enrollment. This charge will be reversed in 3 to 5 days once your account has been validated.
12 Month Complimentary DashPass Subscription is available for the following Eligible RBC Credit Cards:
As an RBC Avion Visa Platinum, RBC Avion Visa Infinite , RBC Avion Visa Infinite Privilege, RBC Avion Visa Infinite Privilege for Private Banking, WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard, RBC Rewards Visa Preferred, RBC Cash Back Preferred World Elite Mastercard, More Rewards RBC Visa Infinite, RBC British Airways Visa Infinite, RBC Avion Visa Business, RBC Avion Visa Infinite Business, WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard for Business (Elite Benefit cards) cardholder.
You are eligible for a Complimentary DashPass Subscription for 12 months from the date you subscribe to receive the Complimentary DashPass Subscription. You will be auto-enrolled into full-price membership at the then-current rate after the end of the 12 month Complimentary DashPass Subscription. Your RBC credit card account must be open and not in default to maintain the benefits of DashPass.
6 Months Complimentary DashPass Subscription is available for the following Eligible RBC Credit Cards:
As an Rewards+TM Visa‡, Signature® RBC Rewards® Visa‡, RBC® Visa‡ Platinum, RBC® Visa‡ Cash Back, RBC® Cash Back Mastercard‡, RBC® Visa‡ Classic Low Rate Option, RBC® Visa‡ Classic, RBC® Student Visa‡ Classic, RBC® Visa‡ Classic II Student, RBC® Visa‡ Gold, RBC® U.S. Dollar Visa‡ Gold, RBC Rewards Visa‡ Gold, RBC RateAdvantage® Visa‡, WestJet RBC® Mastercard‡, RBC ION Visa, RBC ION+ Visa, More Rewards RBC Visa, RBC Staff VISA Classic Expense, RBC Staff VISA Gold Expense, RBC® Visa‡ Business, RBC® Visa‡ Business Gold, RBC® Visa‡ CreditLine for Small BusinessTM, or RBC® Business Cash Back Mastercard‡, WestJet RBC® World Elite Mastercard‡ (Premium Benefit Cards).
You are eligible for a Complimentary DashPass Subscription for 6 months from the date you subscribed to the Complimentary DashPass Subscription. You will be auto-enrolled into full-price membership at the then-current rate after the end of the 6 months Complimentary DashPass Subscription. Your RBC credit card account must be open and not in default to maintain the benefits of DashPass.
DoorDash not Royal Bank of Canada, is responsible for (i) services and products provided through DoorDash; (ii) DashPass, including the DashPass Benefits, the administration of DashPass and (iii) the DoorDash terms and conditions. The Complimentary DashPass Subscription offer may be amended or withdrawn at any time. To learn more about DashPass, visit www.doordash.com/dashpass (opens to external site). For full DashPass for RBC Program Terms and Conditions, visit rbcroyalbank.com/credit-cards/documentation/pdf/full-doordash-tcs-en.pdf
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DashPass is a DoorDash subscription service that offers unlimited deliveries for $0 delivery fee on eligible restaurant purchases (minimum order amount of $15.00 CAD before taxes and fees) at a monthly subscription fee of $9.99 CAD plus tax. To learn more about DashPass visit www.doordash.com/dashpass
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Cost comparison provided are based on the information and values provided by the user, with no promotional rate fee and assuming that only the minimum payment is made each month, and that balance is carried for 12 months without other transactions. These calculations are intended for informational purposes only and are designed to provide a general indication. Actual interest cost and your potential savings depend on outstanding balance, payment amounts/timing and other factors. It is important to note that the results are purely indicative and should not be considered as definitive or binding. These calculations should not be considered as professional advice.
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Interest rates are subject to change. Please note that if a special offer is available, the interest rate may be lower than 12.99%. For the most up-to-date and accurate interest rate information, please visit our website or contact us directly.
