Update 6/12/23: Card now live at this link. (Officially it’s currently only available in branches. Reportedly, it will become available officially online beginning in early 2024.)
On June 11th is the launch of a brand new Chase Freedom Rise card which is meant to help someone build credit when applying for their first credit card. This is for both students and non-students alike. We previously reported on the new Student Rise card here and here
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Card Details
- No annual fee
- Earn 1.5% cash back on all purchases
- The rewards are earned as Ultimate Rewards points which can be redeemed for cashback, travel, gift cards, and more
- Bonus: Earn $25 statement credit after signing up for automatic payments within the first three months of account opening
Other Details:
- Becoming a Chase checking account holder with a checking balance of $250+ will increase your chances of getting approved for the Freedom Rise card (though it is not required). Be sure to open the Chase checking account before applying for the Freedom Rise card. Be sure to add the $250 to your checking account within 48 hours of applying for the card. Existing Chase checking customers can help their approval chances by increasing their balance to $250+ within 48 hours of their Freedom Rise card application.
- The card is meant for those NEW to credit, not for those with damaged credit.
- Cardholders will be evaluated for a credit limit increase in as soon as six months
- The Chase Freedom Student card is being discontinued for new applicants on June 11, 2023 in favor of the new Freedom Rise card. (That card is live right now online, 6/6/23, at this link.) Existing Freedom Student cardholders will continue to be serviced as before, and do not have to transition to the Freedom Rise.
- It’s still unclear if the new Freedom Rise card will be available online or in-branch only.
Our Verdict
The fact that the card earns Ultimate Rewards points makes it a good starter card to advise someone who has no credit, e.g. a student or newbie. The points will then tie into their regular Ultimate Rewards balance when they eventually build up their credit and get the better Chase cards. And 1.5x Ultimate Rewards everywhere is pretty good on its own.
You can always try first applying for a regular Freedom Flex or Freedom Unlimited card and, if denied, try for this starter card instead.
See Chase memo below outlining the change. There’s also a change referencing the Sapphire Preferred card which we covered here.
Banks earn much or most of their money from CC fees. As for interest rates, I have a perfect financial record and very high Credit Score, like many people here at DoC who pay off accounts each month and use CCs mostly for record-keeping and scoring. Yet my Interest rate is almost 26%. No I don’t buy anything more substantial than car repair and insurance.
Oh. And that 26% is “Compounded Daily”.
Compounded daily?? Oh no
anyone kno if this card has $10 gopuff monthly credit??
I am wondering if this might perhaps be a good starter card for my mom who is retired, recently immigrated to the US, and lives with us. I added her as an AU on one my Freedoms. CK shows her score as 770. What do people enter for income on applications?
I’d sooner recommend the Discover It unless there is a lot of shopping at Costco or something. Use a referral and get $100 SUB + the 5% categories and match in the first year.
It’s out now: https://secure08ea.chase.com/web/oao/application/card?sourceCode=H5ZH
Time to create more new players. Got one approved (previously shut down by Chase 1.5 years ago) already.
You got someone this card after they were shut down by chase? That’s an interesting datapoint, I didn’t think chase would let up after such little time. Unless by shut down you’re referring to being rejected by chase for credit lending.
SD due to Ink abuse. I’m surprised by the approval too.
Specifics of the abuse? Frequency/velocity?
what was the X/6, X/12, and X/24 numbers when shutdown? Any self refs?
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I’m surprised this card is embossed. The Freedom cards would look nicer with the info printed on the back.
It’s the worst thing about the Freedom cards and the only embossed cars I have from any bank. It’s annoying if you have a slim metal wallet because it reduces the amount of cards you can fit by one.
I have a legacy Fifth Third Bank Cash Rewards Mastercard that is embossed. It doesn’t even have PayWave. My Fifth Third 1.67 Cash/Back Mastercard is flat .
Guess the only thing rising is Chase’s wallet considering they’ve lowered the SUB and taken away the free $20/yr for 5 year. I know it’s stupid cause it’s 5 years to get $100 but to be fair it’s passive.
Wondering if it’s subject to 5/24… if not, a good $25 and I would jump on this.
Seems you are all forgetting, if you frequent this forum, you are not the target demo for this card.
$25 bonus is garbage. My DD just turned 18, has a nanny job, but was declined for Freedom Flex despite having AU cards on my accounts for the past 2-3 years and credit score over 750. Then was instantly approved for Amex HHonors free card. I think we will just do other banks until she can get approved for Freedom Flex or Biz Ink cards or United cards or better.
Chase likes to see 12-13 months of primary history (not AU history) before they’ll approve for cards. No surprise they were denied. Also, lots of other better options than the Hilton Honors card to start out with, but what’s done is done
well, it came with 70K plus 1 FN bonus – we are going to Rome in late August so the FN could be useful at the Waldorf if it posts in time. And only a $1K SUB spend so that should be easy to hit in a week or so with a little help from dad.
What other better cards should we go after next that she would qualify for?
My first credit card had zero rewards… but times were a lot different then… I think this is good or possibly Discover still would be the best move to make to start.