CIBC Classic Visa Card

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CIBC · Visa

2.1out of 5, our rating

No rewards, no fee, and the same 21.99% rate as CIBC's cards that do pay rewards. The name suggests a low rate card and it is not one.

Annual feeNone
Purchase APR21.99%
Minimum income$15,000Household

Rates and features verified 2026-08-18Full terms and conditionsHow we research cards

What we like, and what we don’t

Worth having

  • No annual fee and no fee for additional cards
  • A low $15,000 household income requirement
  • Up to 10 cents a litre off fuel through Journie Rewards
  • Purchase security and extended protection insurance

Watch out for

  • It earns nothing at all
  • Despite the name it is not a low rate card. It carries the standard 21.99%
  • CIBC's free Dividend Visa has the same fee, the same income requirement and the same rate while paying 2% on groceries
  • No travel insurance
  • The fuel discount is a third party programme requiring separate enrolment

What this card earns

What we value a point at
Not published by the issuer

The earning fine print

This card has NO rewards program. It earns no points, no miles and no cash back. All earn fields are null because nothing is published, not because the value is zero. The only spend-linked benefit is a fuel discount of up to 10 cents per litre at participating gas stations when the card is linked to a Journie Rewards card, which is a third-party discount rather than a card earn rate.

What the offer actually requires

No welcome offer published. Non-cash perks: Journie Rewards fuel discount, free Skip+ membership, 50% off Disney+ for 6 months, no CIBC fee on CIBC Global Money Transfers.

Fees and interest rates

Annual fee
None
Additional card
Free
Foreign transaction fee
2.5%
Purchase APR
21.99%
Cash advance APR
22.99%
Balance transfer APR
22.99%

Who can get this card

Minimum personal income
Not published by the issuer
Minimum household income
$15,000

Insurance and benefits

Purchase protection
Included
Extended warranty
Included

What the benefits really mean

Sole coverage is Purchase Security & Extended Protection: loss, theft or damage within 90 days of purchase, plus doubling of the manufacturer's warranty up to a maximum of one additional year, with a $60,000 maximum per cardholder across all CIBC cards held. Travel medical is available only as separately purchased optional CIBC coverage. Optional CIBC Payment Protector available. card_type set to null deliberately: this card fits none of the allowed enum values. It is a no-fee, no-rewards entry card at a STANDARD 21.99% purchase rate, so classifying it as 'Low interest' would be actively wrong. CIBC's low-rate product is the Select Visa at 13.99%/$29, which is a different card. Name similarity risk: 'CIBC Classic Visa' is frequently confused with a discontinued 'Classic Visa Low Rate' variant. The current open product is the standard-rate one at 21.99%. Despite the $15,000 household income floor and entry-level positioning, CIBC does not publish any credit score band or state that it accepts poor credit. Accepts_poor_credit left false and min_credit_score null rather than assumed. Interest rates render as placeholder tokens on the live page; taken from PDF 11995-en.

Our verdict

There is no reason to hold this card. CIBC's Dividend Visa costs the same nothing, asks for the same $15,000 of household income, charges the same 21.99%, and pays 2% on groceries. This one pays nothing. There is no eligibility, rate or fee advantage that would offset that.

The name is the only reason anybody chooses it. "Classic" reads as a plain, low rate, no nonsense card, and CIBC's actual low rate product is the Select Visa at 13.99%. If you want simple, take the Dividend and ignore the cash back. If you want a low rate, take the Select.

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Where this came from. CIBC product page; CIBC Classic Visa insurance product summary; CIBC Classic Visa benefit guide (cl-benguide-en.pdf); CIBC Summary of Annual Interest Rates and Fees 11995-en, effective 1 Aug 2026. We take every figure from the issuer’s own pages, never from another comparison site, and we leave a field blank rather than guess at it.