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Wells Fargo Active Cash: terms, score and downsides

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Rubric score 61.9% across 78 cards. Issuer page ↗

Downsides first

• 3% foreign transaction fee
• APR up to 28.74% if you carry a balance

Terms & fees

• IssuerWells Fargo
• Typecash back
• Annual fee$0 creditcards.wellsfargo.com, 2026-10-11
• Regular purchase APR18.74%–28.74% variable creditcards.wellsfargo.com, 2026-10-11
• RewardsUnlimited 2% cash rewards on purchases creditcards.wellsfargo.com, 2026-10-11
• Sign-up bonus (≈$)$100 $100 after $500 in 3 months creditcards.wellsfargo.com, 2026-10-11
• Intro APR12 months 0% intro APR 12 months on purchases and qualifying balance transfers creditcards.wellsfargo.com, 2026-10-11
• Foreign transaction fee3% 3% of each transaction converted to U.S. dollars wellsfargo.com, 2026-10-11
• Penalty APRnone No penalty APR appears in the issuer's CFPB-filed agreement (only penalty fees are listed) consumerfinance.gov, 2026-06-30
• Late feenot found files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Balance transfer feenot found files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Cash advance feenot found files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Credit needed620–719, 720+ (CFPB TCCP targeted tiers) files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Grace period25 days files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Cash advance APR29.49% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• CFPB survey APR (2025-12-31)18.49%–28.49% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 older; issuer figure above is newer

Complaint record (CFPB)

• Complaints, last 12 months22,635
• Trend▲ 25.2% (last 12 mo 22,635 vs prior 12 mo 18,072)
• Timely response (last 36 mo)100.0%
• Per $1B deposits (12 mo)14.48
• Top issueManaging an account
• Insurance statusFDIC-insured: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (cert 3511, active; deposits $1,563.5B as of 06/30/2026)

Company-level (WELLS FARGO & COMPANY), all products, as of 2026-10-12. Wells Fargo complaints: full record → Shown for context; does not change the score.

Score breakdown

• Annual fee 10.0/10Annual fee $0 (as of 2026-10-11). Rubric: $0=10, ≤$95=8, ≤$395=5, ≤$695=3, more=1 (perks/credits are not counted).
• Rewards rate 8.0/10Base 2% on everything, top category 2% (as of 2026-10-11; points/miles valued at 1¢). Score = base/2%×7 + min(top,6)/6%×3. Unlimited 2% cash rewards on purchases
• Sign-up bonus 1.3/10Bonus ≈ $100: $100 after $500 in 3 months (as of 2026-10-11). Score = value/$75, max 10.
• Intro 0% APR 5.7/100% intro APR 12 months on purchases and qualifying balance transfers (as of 2026-10-11). Score = months/21×10.
• Regular APR 7.3/1018.74%–28.74% variable (as of 2026-10-11); midpoint 23.74%. Score = (34 − midpoint)/1.4, 0–10.
• Foreign transaction fee 3.0/103% foreign transaction fee (as of 2026-10-11).
• Regulatory record (CFPB) 8.0/10Issuer Wells Fargo: Base 10, −2 CFPB 2022-12

0.143×10.0 + 0.143×8.0 + 0.143×1.3 + 0.143×5.7 + 0.143×7.3 + 0.143×3.0 + 0.143×8.0 = 6.19 → 61.9%

Is Wells Fargo Active Cash worth it? (break-even math) →Value for my spending →

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FAQ

What is the Wells Fargo Active Cash annual fee?

$0

What is the Wells Fargo Active Cash APR?

18.74%–28.74% variable

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