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With an instant credit card number by American Express, eligible Card Members can immediately start shopping online and using their new Card benefits today. ‡
Apply
for the Card you want
and receive your
Instant Card Number, if eligible.
Add your new actual Card number
to your digital wallet,
like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, or Google Pay,
on your mobile device in a few easy steps.
Start shopping online
or where digital wallets are accepted
before your Card arrives in the mail.
No matter which Card you’re approved for, American Express gives you the option to add your actual Card
number to your digital wallet1 or shop online before your Card arrives in the mail. See FAQs for more information.
Instant Card Number by American Express provides eligible Card Members access to their Card Number after approval for digital use prior to physical Card delivery.
Instant Card Number is available for all American Express Consumer Credit and Charge Cards.
If you are eligible, you can get your Instant Card Number if you apply for a Card online (via desktop or mobile device) or over the phone with a customer service representative.
You can add your Instant Card Number to Apple PayTM, Google PayTM, Samsung Pay and Fitbit PayTM. See Apple PayTM, Google PayTM, Samsung Pay and Fitbit PayTM for step by step directions.
Yes, your Card will arrive in the mail within 3-5 business days of account approval.
Yes, you will receive the same 15 digit Instant Card Number that will be on the physical Card when it arrives in the mail.
Instant Card Number eligibility is based on our ability to authenticate you.
‡Instant Card Number eligibility is based on our ability to authenticate you. If you are eligible for Instant Card Number, you will receive an Instant Card Number that you can use virtually anywhere American Express is accepted and a physical Card will not be required. You may not have access to your full credit line to use anywhere the Card is accepted until after you confirm receipt of your physical Card. We will mail your card in 3-5 business days of account approval.
1Digital wallets are Apple Pay™, Samsung Pay, Google Pay™, or Fitbit Pay™.