T-Mobile’s long-rumored credit card looks like it’s almost here

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TL;DR

• T-Mobile’s app now mentions a “T-Mobile Visa credit card” as an eligible AutoPay payment option.
• A T-Mobile card has been rumored for months, with reports in April suggesting a Capital One–backed Visa was in development.
• This update comes days after T-Mobile closed an AutoPay loophole that allowed credit card users to retain their discount.

When T-Mobile closed an AutoPay loophole last week that let people keep their $5-per-line discount while paying early with a credit card, we speculated that this might be in preparation for the long-rumored T-Mobile credit card to become an eligible payment method when it launches. Indeed, it would be the only credit card you could use while still keeping the savings. That wasn’t the most groundbreaking of predictions, but there’s now strong evidence it could become a reality very soon.

A Reddit user just spotted new text in T-Mobile’s app referring to a “T-Mobile Visa® credit card” as one of the payment options for AutoPay, alongside bank accounts and debit cards. Other credit cards, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay, are listed as ineligible. The T-Mobile Visa text is also a clickable hyperlink, though the page it leads to isn’t live yet. Still, this suggests everything’s being set up behind the scenes.




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