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Barclays Bank Delaware

9 cardholder agreements · 893 KB · 35 surveyed cards

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Fair Terms · grade D (43/100)
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Why this grade
  • Starting score100
  • Forced arbitration with no opt-out-30
  • Class-action waiver-12
  • Deferred interest-15
  • Fair Terms score43 · grade D

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Contract X-Ray — what's buried in the fine print

3 red flags · 9 filed docs

Detected in the CFPB-filed cardholder agreements from Barclays Bank Delaware. Verbatim quotes below — CardSleuth flags the language; this isn't legal advice.

Forced arbitration with no opt-out found — you likely can't take this issuer to court, and there's no way to reject it.
Forced arbitration

You give up your right to sue in court — disputes are pushed into private arbitration.

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“…. Box 8801, Wilmington, DE 19899-8801, or calling us at 1-888- 232-0780 [ADA/Accessibility Services- Please use Relay Service 711]. ARBITRATION. THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU IF YOU ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROTECTIONS OF THE MILITARY LENDING ACT. This arbitration provision provides for binding arbitration…”
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Class-action waiver

You can't band together with other cardholders in a class action.

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“…ation agreement is made pursuant to a transaction involving interstate commerce, and shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. 1-16. No class actions, joinder or consolidation of any Claim with a Claim of any other person or entity shall be allowable in arbitration, without the written consent of b…”
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Deferred interest

“No interest if paid in full” — miss the deadline and you're billed interest back to day one.

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“…: 1% of the Principal Balance (defined below), Any interest charges billed on the monthly statement (excluding any interest charges that accrued on a deferred interest balance that ended during the billing cycle covered by the statement), Any Minimum Interest Charge, Any Returned Payment Fee, and Any Late Payment Fe…”
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Checked & clear: Jury-trial waiver · Change-anytime clause · Penalty APR

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Cardholder agreements

Filed with the CFPB in the 2026 Q1 bulk submission. Opens the original PDF.