Amazon Credit Card

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After its phenomenal success with books, Amazon is trying its hands at personal finance. It first venture in the credit card market is launched with the Amazon UK credit card. With competitive interest rates and exciting rewards and loyal scheme, the Amazon Credit card is all set to take the center stage.

Amazon Credit Card Features
For balance transfers 0% interest is charged for the first 9 months. In the first 6 months 0% interest is levied on purchases. The APR is 15.94%, typical (variable).

The Amazon credit cards offer incredible credit point rewards for purchases. For every pound spent in an Amazon site, the Amazon credit card offers one credit points. For every pound spent elsewhere Amazon Credit card offers half credit points. And here comes the best part. For every 1500 credit points secured, you will receive £15 gift from Amazon.co.uk. It is very use to these gift vouchers. Using your shopping basket select the items you wish to order. This will be followed by an order form which will have a box saying ‘Have you got a gift certificate or promotional code?’ Enter your code, a 14 digit number, and click the button ‘Apply’. Any unused balance will be saved in the customer gift certificate account. If purchases exceed the gift certificate amount then the balance has to be paid by credit card. Gift certificates or unused gift balance expire within 1 year from the date of issue. The ease with which online customers can use this card is perhaps its greatest feature. However these gift vouchers can be used only in Amazon.co.uk and no other Amazon sites.

The other features include:

• An introductory offer of 0% interest on purchases for 6 months
• A Master card.
• 59 days of interest free purchasing period, as long as payments are made in full balance within due date.
• Online Access
• Online security facilities.
• No annual fee.

Teamed with Halifax plc, Amazon credit cards have implemented excellent online facilities. For instance, if you have a Halifax online account then you can use the account login id and password to access your credit card account. The online security features are remarkable.