Coronavirus yields skipped card payments ... but you have to call and ask!

A recent article in the New York Times mentions some banks waiving payment penalties (some even skipping interest charges) in the wake of the coronavirus.

The waivers:

• Goldman Sachs with its Apple Card and Marcus loans
• Capital One
• American Express

Still charges interest but allows you to skip a payment:

• Discover

You pretty much have to call them all to get this. I got ahold of Capital One, American Express and Discover all this evening (Saturday) ... American Express said a late fee ding would appear in the account but would be removed within 7 days. Discover did mention that they continue to charge interest, and I got Capital One in only about 10 minutes after failing the last couple of days, but they just moved my existing payment from April 4 to May 4. Wahoo!

Let's all keep washing our hands!