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The Savings AcceleratorSM Plan contributes 1% of eligible purchases into an FDIC-insured High-Yield Savings Account in your name
Earn a competitive Annual Percentage Yield (APY), currently 2.75% (variable rate as of 4/15/2008).
Get $50 to jump-start your savings after your first purchase
With the Interest Protection feature, you never pay interest on new purchases
No Preset Spending Limit
Never pay interest on new purchases

Every time you make a purchase with the American Express One® Card, American Express will contribute funds directly into an FDIC-Insured High-Yield Savings Account that's automatically opened in your name. This High-Yield Savings Account will earn interest at a competitive Annual Percentage Yield (APY), currently 3.50%¹. The Card features the Savings Accelerator plan, which contributes a full 1% of your purchases directly into your FDIC-insured High-Yield Savings Account² at American Express Bank, FSB.

There is no limit to how much you can earn and the money is yours to save and use however you'd like.

The American Express One Card lets you buy for your family today—while automatically building interest—earning savings for tomorrow.

American Express One® Card benefits:

DID YOU KNOW?

	Free credit cards - what a concept! We're all enticed by the very word free. The more common term for free credit cards, however, is 0% (or zero percent) APR credit cards. APR stands for annual percentage rate. In other words, free credit cards can refer to those that charge you no interest on the purchases you make with them. Years, and decades ago, the APR was standard no matter which card you chose, and which financial provider. The APR simply depended on the bank rates, which in turn were influenced by the federal reserve. 18 percent was then a fairly standard APR. This was clearly not a time when free credit cards abounded and, in fact, competition wasn't very frenetic, because the rate was the same no matter which card you chose. Then, however, monoline banks came into being. These banks, unlike the traditional financial institution that accepted deposits and gave out loans, served simply as issuers of credit cards. These still didn't create free credit cards, but they did have a decreasing effect on credit card APR, because competition for credit card users started to become stiffer. Nowadays, unlike the past decades, you're almost certain to find introductory promotional offers on just about every credit card. While they won't always qualify as one of the free credit cards, most will qualify as low interest first year credit cards. The most popular, of course, are the free credit cards - the ones that offer the zero percent APR at least for the first year. What's so great about these free credit cards? The primary usefulness is not for the new credit card user (although free is certainly an enticement - and useful - for novice or long time user, young or old) but for those who already have accumulated a hefty amount of debt from the use of cards that don't qualify as free cards. As an example, let's say that you owe $5000 on a credit card whose APR is twenty percent. You're going to have to pay $1000 just to keep up with the interest. If, however, your credit card is a member of the free credit cards family, your $1000 payment will actually bring the principal down to $4000. What a difference, then, these free credit cards can make! Free credit cards can best help you get out of debt when you transfer the balance of another high-interest APR credit card to the account of the free credit card. You might also benefit from free credit cards that charge no annual fee. Some of these do this as a promotional gimmick, eliminating the annual for the first year only, and then charging anywhere from $19 to $250 each year thereafter. Some instead charge an annual fee in subsequent years only if you don't use the card for the number of purchases the free credit cards companies designate as your minimum requirement.

Finding relief from credit card debt will require effort on your part. Millions of people attempt to reduce or eliminate their consumer debt. Sadly, few are able to achieve this goal. Because of high interest rates and late fees, consumers can barely afford monthly minimum payments.

Lowering your credit card interest rate is the key to eliminating unnecessary debt. If you have an extremely high finance charge, 95% of your minimum monthly payment may go towards paying the finance fees. In this instance, your credit card balances will remain about the same. Fortunately, there are ways to lower your monthly debt payments.

Why Consolidate Your Consumer Debt?

Debt consolidation has helped many people get out of debt. Through debt consolidation, you obtain a loan and use the funds to payoff credit card balances, consumer loans, vehicle loans, etc. Once the balances on your consumer credit accounts are paid in full, you make a single monthly payment to repay the personal debt consolidation loan.

Debt consolidation is very effective, and will save you money. These loans offer reasonable interest rates. Thus, by consolidating your consumer debt, your monthly debt payments will be considerably less. The loan terms for debt consolidation loans are also reduced, which makes it possible for you to become debt free within a few short years.

Types of Debt Consolidation Loans

There are several ways to obtain a debt consolidation loan. If you have a very high credit score, you may qualify for a personal, no-collateral debt consolidation loan. Good credit applicants will not risk damaging their credit score, thus financial institutions are willing to offer no-collateral loans.

If you are not a prime candidate for a no-collateral loan, you may obtain a debt consolidation loan using a vehicle title as collateral. Home equity loans also afford the opportunity for homeowners to become debt free and lower their monthly debt payments. Both home equity and vehicle title loans are collateral based. Collateral based loans improve your odds of approval. However, refusal to repay the lender will result in losing your property.