SimplyCash™ Card from American Express
First year rewards (up to)
Gift card
Signup
bonus
bonus
Spending
bonus
bonus
Monthly
bonus
bonus
Annual fee
Annual fee
(1st yr waived)
(1st yr waived)
Annual fee
(Waived)
Monthly
interest fee
interest fee
after
months
Required deposit
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Earn points on each dollar you spend
How much do you spend on gas or in gas stations each month? Remember that even if you buy food or other items at a gas station, it will come up as a gas purchase on your cash back credit card statement.
Gas
How much do you spend on groceries or in grocery stores each month? Remember that even when you purchase household items at the grocery store, they will show up as a grocery store purchase on your cash back credit card statement.
Groceries
How much do you spend at restaurants each month? Some cash back credit cards give you a percentage of cash back for every dollar spent in a restaurant. Give an estimate, if you're unsure.
Restaurants
How much do you spend on travel each month? Travel expenses can include flights, hotels, cruises, ferry boat rides, and even things like cab fares and hot air balloons in other provinces or countries! Enter an estimate here, to see how much cash back you could earn on travel expenses each month.
Travel
How much do you spend in drug stores each month? Remember that it doesn't matter if you pay for prescriptions, cosmetics, toiletries, food or anything else; it'll all show up as drug store purchases on your cash back credit card statement.
Pharmacy
How many of your monthly bill payments are setup to be paid by your credit card? Would you add more, if you knew you could earn cash back on them? Estimate how much you could have coming off your credit card each month and put that number here.
Bills
2.5%
Cash Back
Earn 2.5% cash back on purchases (up to $150 cash back) for the first 3 months. Earn 1.25% cash back thereafter.
1.25%
Cash Back
Monthly spending by category
First year rewards (up to)
First year rewards (up to)
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Gift card
Some credit cards come with an anniversary bonus, to provide more incentive for people to continue using the card for multiple years. The anniversary bonus may be in the form of points, cash, free merchandise, etc, and is given to the card holder every year on the anniversary.
Anniversary bonus
Based on the amount of spending you do each month, our tool determines how much you'll spend on an annual basis and calculates the potential rewards you could earn for doing so.
Spending reward
This is the annual fee you have to pay, in order to use this credit card. The annual fee is charged once per year and is added to your credit card statement.
Annual fee
Total net reward
Subsequent years
Subsequent years
Some credit cards come with an anniversary bonus, to provide more incentive for people to continue using the card for multiple years. The anniversary bonus may be in the form of points, cash, free merchandise, etc, and is given to the card holder every year on the anniversary.
Anniversary bonus
Based on the amount of spending you do each month, our tool determines how much you'll spend on an annual basis and calculates the potential rewards you could earn for doing so.
Spending reward
This is the annual fee you have to pay, in order to use this credit card. The annual fee is charged once per year and is added to your credit card statement.
Annual fee
Total net reward
Benefits
Travel accident insurance
If you use your credit card to rent a car, you will likely have some amount of collision and damage insurance. Collision and damage insurance protects you, the cardholder, in the event that a rental car is damaged and/or in an accident, while it's in your possession. Read the fine print in your agreement, before you rent your next car.
Rental
Car rental collision / loss damage waiver
- Zero liability
- Extended warranty
- Purchase assurance
Ratehub's review
For a more in-depth look at this credit card, read our full AMEX SimplyCash review.
Card details
Network:
American Express
Provider:
American Express
Card type:
Rewards, Balance transfer, No annual fee
Fees & interest
This is the annual fee you have to pay, in order to use this credit card. The annual fee is charged once per year and is added to your credit card statement.
Annual fee:
$0
This is the annual interest rate you will pay on purchases, if/when you can't pay off the entire balance by the payment due date outlined on your credit card statement.
Purchase interest rate:
19.99%
Eligibility
This is the total annual family income requirement to be eligible for this credit card. Only applicable if the applicant does not meet the annual income requirement themselves.
Household income:
Any amount
- Be a permanent Canadian resident
- Have reached the age of majority in the province in which you live (18 yrs in AB, MB, ON, PE, QC, SK. 19 yrs all others)