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Best secured credit cards (2026)

Best secured credit cards (2026): annual fee, rewards, intro APR, regular APR, foreign fees and CFPB record from official issuer pages, as of 2026-10-11. Not credit advice.

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Verdict

VaultRubric pick: Discover it Secured (margin 11.4 pts, default equal weights). Cards under 75% data coverage get a limited data badge and can't be the pick; cards missing annual fee or regular APR can't be the pick.

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Ranking

#	Card	Score	Annual fee	Rewards	Sign-up bonus	Intro 0% APR	Regular APR	Foreign fee	Credit needed
1	Discover it Secured Discover (Capital One) · secured	59.1% coverage 86%	$0	5% rotating quarterly categories (activation, quarterly max); 1% other; first-year Cashback Match	not found Cashback Match; refundable deposit $49, $99 or $200	none No intro purchase APR in the pricing schedule	26.49%–26.49% variable; example terms for recent applicants as of 03/31/26	none Pricing schedule (03/31/26) lists no foreign transaction fee	No credit score required to apply
2	Capital One Platinum Secured Capital One · secured	47.7% coverage 100%	$0	No rewards program	≈$0 No sign-up bonus; refundable deposit $49, $99 or $200	none No intro APR offer shown	29.24%–29.24% variable	none	Rebuilding

Scoring rubric (equal weights by default)

Annual fee: $0=10, ≤$95=8, ≤$395=5, ≤$695=3, more=1 (statement credits/perks not counted)
Rewards rate: base rate/2%×7 + min(top category,6%)/6%×3; points & miles valued at 1¢
Sign-up bonus: ≈ dollar value/$75, max 10
Intro 0% APR: months/21×10
Regular APR: (34 − midpoint of range)/1.4
Foreign transaction fee: none=10, charged=3
Regulatory record: issuer-level CFPB enforcement in last 5 years: base 10, −2 consent order/redress/≥$25M, −1 smaller, 0 dismissed

Regulatory record (CFPB, issuer level)

Capital One: CFPB 2025-01: CFPB lawsuit over 360 Savings interest rates; voluntarily dismissed Feb 2025 (with prejudice)
Discover (Capital One): CFPB Discover student-loan consent order dated Dec 2020 (outside 5-year window); Capital One parent: see Capital One

The math

Discover it Secured: 0.143×10.0 + 0.143×6.0 + 0.143×0.0* + 0.143×0.0 + 0.143×5.4 + 0.143×10.0 + 0.143×10.0 = 5.92 → 59.1% (* unknown, imputed)
Capital One Platinum Secured: 0.143×10.0 + 0.143×0.0 + 0.143×0.0 + 0.143×0.0 + 0.143×3.4 + 0.143×10.0 + 0.143×10.0 = 4.77 → 47.7%