The Amazon Secured Card is built for people who are new to credit, or who would like to rebuild their credit.
This card has no annual fee, can be used at Amazon.com and Amazon physical stores, and your payment activity is reported to major credit bureaus to help you build a credit history. With the card you will also have access to your credit score, along with tools, guidance and tips to help you improve your credit.
This unique account initially requires an upfront deposit like a secured credit card, but will provide you an opportunity to convert into a traditional credit card with no deposit required, based on responsible credit usage and eligibility criteria.
If approved, you’ll first be required to provide a security deposit to activate the Secured Card features. You can deposit, in $50 increments, anywhere between $100 and the amount you're approved for (Maximum: $1000).
You can always choose to pay off your balance and then close your account, and your security deposit will be refunded.
After 12 months of responsibly building your credit, you may be eligible based on your credit profile to opt-in to activate the Store Card features of your account. Your account will continue to have no annual fee, and you will receive your security deposit back less what may be required to pay off your existing Secured Card features balance.
The choice to convert will always be 100% yours.
Secured Card features |
Store Card features |
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Deposit | Yes | No |
Prime Rewards | 2% back on Amazon purchases (with an eligible Prime membership) | 5% back on Amazon purchases (with an eligible Prime membership) |
Annual Fee | $0 | $0 |
APR8 | 10% non-variable | 29.99% variable |
Late Fee | up to $5 | up to $38 |
IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT OFFERS AND BENEFITS OF AMAZON CREDIT CARDS ISSUED BY SYNCHRONY BANK:
Store Cards and Secured Cards are issued by Synchrony Bank. Use of these cards constitutes acceptance of these terms, as they may be updated or revised from time to time. If you have questions about any of these cards, call 1-866-634-8379, available 24 hours a day. Store Card accounts and Secured Card accounts may be used for most purchases at Amazon.com and select physical Amazon stores that accept such card accounts as payment options (see About Store Card and Secured Card Restrictions for a complete list of exceptions). In addition, Store Card accounts may be used for purchases from other merchants who have enabled such card accounts as payment options using Amazon Pay.
1. Limited Time Offer Details. Upon approval of a Store Card application, an Amazon Gift Card with the value described above will be loaded into your Amazon.com account. Amazon Gift Cards are issued by ACI Gift Cards, Inc., a Washington Company. See Amazon Gift Card Terms and Conditions for complete terms and conditions.
2. Amazon Store Card Accounts. The Store Card is available to customers with an Amazon.com account, subject to credit approval. The Prime Store Card, an upgrade from Amazon Store Card, is available to customers with an Eligible Prime Membership only, subject to credit approval. Special financing and equal monthly payments offers may apply to purchases made using a Store Card. The 5% back benefit may apply to purchases (less returns and other credits) made using a Store Card (i) when signed into an Amazon.com account with an Eligible Prime Membership, or, (ii) in the case of the Prime Store Card, when signed into any Amazon.com account so long as the cardholder maintains their Eligible Prime Membership on the Amazon.com account from which they originally applied for the Prime Store Card, in each case including 1-Click orders and purchases made at select physical Amazon locations. We may, from time to time at our discretion, provide a % back benefit to Amazon Store Cardholders for certain purchases; in such cases, the terms of Section 6(% Back Benefit) and Section 7(Rewards Points and Redemption) below will apply, along with and notwithstanding any other terms and conditions also provided to govern such a % back benefit.
3. Secured Card Accounts. The Amazon Secured Card is available to customers with an Amazon.com account, subject to credit approval. The Amazon Prime Secured Card, an upgrade from the Amazon Secured Card, is available to customers with an Eligible Prime Membership only, subject to credit approval. Equal monthly payments offers may apply to purchases made using the Secured Card. In addition, special financing offers may apply to purchases made using an Secured Card account opened before January 1, 2021. For Secured Card accounts opened on or after January 1, 2021, the 2% back benefit may apply to purchases (less returns and other credits) (i) made using a Secured Card when signed into an Amazon.com account with an Eligible Prime Membership, or, (ii) in the case of the Amazon Prime Secured Card, when signed into any Amazon.com account so long as the cardholder maintains their Eligible Prime Membership on the Amazon.com account from which they originally applied for the Amazon Prime Secured Card, in each case, including 1-Click orders and purchases made at physical Amazon locations. For Secured Card accounts opened before January 1, 2021, the 5% back benefit may apply to purchases (less returns and other credits) (i) made using a Secured Card when signed into an Amazon.com account with an Eligible Prime Membership, or, (ii) in the case of the Amazon Prime Secured Card, when signed into any Amazon.com account so long as the cardholder maintains their Eligible Prime Membership on the Amazon.com account from which they originally applied for the Amazon Prime Secured Card, in each case, including 1-Click orders and purchases made at select physical Amazon locations.
4. How the Two Sets of Features of the Secured Card Work. Secured Card accounts have two sets of features: the Secured Card features and the Store Card features. Each set of features has a different Purchase APR and Late Payment Fee as shown below and may have different rewards available.
5. Updating from Amazon Store Card to the Prime Store Card or from the Amazon Secured Card to the Amazon Prime Secured Card. At the time you become both (i) a cardholder of an Amazon Store Card or an Amazon Secured Card and (ii) a customer with an Eligible Prime Membership, your card will automatically be updated to the Prime Store Card or Amazon Prime Secured Card, respectively. “Eligible Prime Memberships” only apply to Amazon.com accounts (and not accounts on any other affiliated websites outside the U.S.) and may include, in Amazon’s sole discretion: annual and monthly Amazon Prime subscriptions and members of their Amazon Household (excluding Amazon Prime Video and invited guests of an Amazon Prime account), Amazon Prime Fresh, Amazon Family, Amazon Prime Student and trial memberships of Amazon Prime. The Prime Store Card and Amazon Prime Secured Card are governed by the same Synchrony Bank terms and privacy policy as Amazon Store Card and Amazon Secured Card, respectively. If you cease to be a customer with an Eligible Prime Membership, your Prime Store Card or Amazon Prime Secured Card, as the case may be, will be changed back to an Amazon Store Card or an Amazon Secured Card, respectively, without any change to the set of features applicable to your account.
6. % Back Benefit. All purchases (less returns and other credits) to which the % back benefit applies, including eligible purchases at participating Whole Foods Markets, will result in your receiving rewards points equal to the applicable % of such purchases on your Store Card or Secured Card, as the case may be, except as provided below. We may, from time to time at our discretion, supplement the % back benefit by offering bonus rewards points for certain purchases. In such cases, the total rewards points offered for such purchases will be noted on the relevant product page or during checkout, and this section will apply to the % back benefit inclusive of any bonus rewards points. Prime Store Cardmembers with an eligible Prime Membership will default to the % back benefit on qualifying purchases. For all cards, any cardholder who wishes to apply an eligible promotional financing offer to their purchase must select that offer during checkout. The % back benefit cannot be combined with any special financing or equal monthly payments offer; you will have the option to apply either (a) any available special financing or equal monthly payments offer or (b) the % back benefit, but not both, to your purchase. We reserve the right to remove any person from the % back benefit in the event of any fraud or abuse in connection with the benefit. We reserve the right to discontinue or alter the terms of the % back benefit at any time subject to applicable law. Amazon Pay purchases made using your Prime Store Card are not eligible to earn reward points.
7. Rewards Points and Redemption. You may see rewards points referred to simply as rewards and reflected as a dollar balance (versus a points balance), with $1 of rewards being equivalent to 1 rewards point. You may redeem your rewards points for eligible purchases at Amazon.com. Alternatively, you may also elect to either (a) redeem your rewards points as a one-time statement credit or (b) automatically redeem your available rewards points balance as a statement credit at the end of each subsequent billing cycle, in each case by visiting your Synchrony Bank online account management page (www.syncbank.com/amazon) or by directly contacting Synchrony Bank. Your Store Card or Secured Card account must be open and in good standing to redeem rewards points and at the time any statement credit is posted to that account. Subject to Section 11, if your Store Card or Secured Card account is closed for any reason, including fraud or misuse of your Store Card or Secured Card account, you will forfeit any unredeemed rewards points. Please allow three (3) days, but in some unusual circumstances up to two billing cycles, (a) for your earned rewards points to be credited to your Store Card or Secured Card account and (b) if you elect to redeem your rewards points as a statement credit, for such statement credit to be applied to your Store Card or Secured Card account. If any of the products related to your original order are returned, subject to Amazon’s returns and refunds policies, you will receive any refund due to you by first refunding the amount charged to your card and, if any refund is still due, then by the return of rewards points. If a refund of your rewards points cannot be processed by Synchrony Bank for reasons including, but not limited to, closure of your Store Card or Secured Card account, then Amazon will issue an Amazon Gift Card to you for an amount equal to the value of the rewards points used towards your returned purchase. If you return a purchase made with rewards points, allow up to three (3) days, but in some unusual circumstances up to two billing cycles, for the value of the rewards points redeemed to be credited back to your account.
8. SPECIAL FINANCING AND EQUAL MONTHLY PAYMENTS: These offers are subject to credit approval and can be selected at checkout on qualifying purchases
Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. We reserve the right to make special financing and/or equal monthly payments unavailable on any purchase at any time in our sole discretion; in such cases, and if special financing and/or equal monthly payments would otherwise have been available, we will notify you of such unavailability prior to or during checkout. We reserve the right to discontinue the special financing and equal monthly payments offers or alter the terms applicable thereto at any time. Equal monthly payments and special financing are not available at Whole Foods Market when paying in-store with the Store Card or Secured Card.
Special Financing Offers: No interest if paid in full within 6, 12 or 24 months. Available using Store Card accounts, Secured Card accounts opened prior to January 1, 2021, and Secured Card accounts that have converted to the Store Card features (each, a "Special Financing-Enabled Card account’). Interest will be charged to your Special Financing-Enabled Card Account from the purchase date if the promotional balance is not paid in full within 6, 12 or 24 months respectively. Minimum monthly payments required. If products are eligible for a special financing offer, such eligibility, together with the applicable promotion length, will be noted during checkout. The special financing offer will apply to the qualifying product, and all other items in the same order, when payment is made using a Special Financing-Enabled Card account. No interest will be assessed on the promotional balance if you pay the promotional balance in full within the applicable promotional period. If you do not, interest will be assessed on the promotional balance from the date of the purchase. Promotional balance includes the purchase amount, taxes, shipping charges and any optional debt cancellation charges related to the relevant purchase. The subtotal, which excludes shipping, handling and taxes, is used in determining whether the applicable minimum purchase amounts shown above have been met. If Amazon-sold products are eligible for 24 months special financing, such designation will be noted during checkout. Special financing offers cannot be combined with any equal monthly payments offer or the % back benefit. If your purchase includes a recurring subscription, then the first month’s subscription fee (but not any subsequent monthly subscription fees) will also be included in the promotional purchase balance. Your first Subscribe and Save order using a Special Financing-Enabled Card Account is eligible for a special financing offer; subsequent Subscribe and Save orders are not. Depending on purchase amount, promotion length, and payment allocation, the required minimum monthly payments may or may not pay off the purchase by end of promotional period. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases and, after this special financing promotion ends, to promotional purchases. Special financing offers are not available on Amazon Secured Card or Amazon Prime Secured Card accounts opened on or after January 1, 2021 while the Secured Card features are being accessed.
Equal Monthly Payments offer: Pay for your purchase of eligible products with equal monthly payments and 0% APR. Available using all Store Card accounts and Secured Card accounts (each, an "Equal Monthly Payments-Enabled Card Account"). No interest will be charged on the promotional purchase balance (which includes the purchase amount, taxes, shipping charges and any optional debt cancellation charges related to the relevant purchase) and equal monthly payments are required in the amount of the total initial promotional purchase (including the purchase amount, taxes and shipping charges) divided by the designated number of equal monthly payments, until the promotional balance is paid in full. If you do not make a required equal monthly payment on time, a late fee may be added to the minimum amount otherwise due on your Equal Monthly Payments-Enabled Card Account in the following billing cycle; such late fees will accrue interest at the applicable standard purchase APR listed above. If products are eligible for an equal monthly payments offer, such eligibility, together with the designated number of equal monthly payments, will be noted during checkout. The equal monthly payments offer will apply to the qualifying product, and all other items in the same order, when payment is made using an Equal Monthly Payments-Enabled Card Account. Optional debt cancellation charges will not be included in the calculation of the equal monthly payment, but such charges may require you to make payments for additional months. The equal monthly payment may be higher or lower than the minimum payment that would be required if the purchase was a non-promotional purchase. The equal monthly payment calculated will not be increased to but may be included in the minimum amount otherwise due on your account or will be added to your minimum payment for other balances on your account. Equal monthly payments offers cannot be combined with any special financing offer or the % back benefit. A monthly payment, if shown in advertising, should allow you to pay off the qualifying purchase (excluding taxes, shipping charges, or optional debt cancellation charges) within the promotional period if: (1) the purchase is and will be the only balance on the account during the promotional period (this means that you do not incur any additional fees or charges on your account and no other items are purchased with this order), (2) you make the payment by the due date each month, and (3) the purchase is subject to the equal monthly payments offer. Taxes and shipping charges imposed at checkout on this order will require you to make a higher monthly payment than shown. The monthly payment calculated for each equal monthly payments offer will be added to your minimum payment for other balances on your account, and will only apply if the equal monthly payments offer advertised is selected. Amazon may designate any product as eligible for an equal monthly payments offer, and may designate the number of equal monthly payments associated with such equal monthly payments offer, in its sole discretion. If your purchase includes a recurring subscription, then the first month’s subscription fee (but not any subsequent monthly subscription fees) will also be included in the promotional purchase balance.
9. No Annual Fee. There is no annual fee associated with a Store Card or Secured Card account. See the APR for new accounts at the beginning of Section 8 (SPECIAL FINANCING AND EQUAL MONTHLY PAYMENTS) above.
10. Zero Fraud Liability. You will not be held liable in the event of unauthorized use. You agree that unauthorized use does not include use by a person to whom you have given authority to use your Store Card or Secured Card account, as the case may be, and that you will be liable for all use by such a person.
11. Change to Terms and Account Features. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may update or revise these terms or features of your account at any time. Use of your account or cards following any change constitutes acceptance of such change.
You will be notified of such changes (and, if applicable, provided a grace period) if required by applicable law. Not all changes require such a grace period, and we reserve the right to modify these terms without notice or any grace period in the case of suspected fraud or misuse regarding Store Card or Secured Card accounts. Notifications regarding a change to your account features or these terms will indicate if a grace period is applicable.
12. Whole Foods Market In-Store Purchases. Participating Whole Foods Market stores will accept in-store payment with the Store Card and Secured Card through the Amazon In-Store Code, available on the Amazon Shopping app or the Whole Foods Market app. Equal monthly payments and special financing are not available at Whole Foods Market when paying in-store with the Store Card or Secured Card. See Store Card and Secured Cards are now accepted at Whole Foods Market for complete terms and conditions.