FR833282333 GAP INC CREDIT CARD
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SYNCHRONY BANK
SECTION I: RATES AND FEES TABLE
GAP INC. CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
PRICING INFORMATION

Interest Rates and Interest Charges

Annual Percentage Rate 
(APR) for Purchases

The APR for purchases is the prime rate plus 22.74%.

This APR will vary with the market based on the Prime Rate.

How to Avoid Paying Interest

Your due date is at least 23 days after the close of each billing cycle. We will not charge 
you any interest if you pay your entire balance by the due date each month.

Minimum Interest Charge

If you are charged interest, the charge will be no less than $2.00.

Fees

Penalty Fees

• Late Payment

Up to $40.

How We Will Calculate Your Balance: We use a method called “daily balance.” See your credit card account agreement 
below for more details.

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How Interest is Calculated

Your Interest Rate

SECTION II: RATES, FEES AND PAYMENT INFORMATION 
GAP INC. CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT

The APR for purchases is the prime rate plus 22.74%. We use a daily rate to calculate the interest on the 
balance on your account each day. The daily rate for purchases is the APR times 1/365. As of April 1, 2020, 
the daily rate for purchases was .07121% (APR 25.99%). Interest will be imposed in amounts or at rates not 
in excess of those permitted by applicable law.

Daily Rates May Vary. The APR and the daily rate on your account vary with the market based on the 
prime rate. The prime rate for a billing cycle is the highest bank prime loan rate published in The Wall Street 
Journal in its Money Rates section on the last business day of the calendar month preceding the first day 
of the billing cycle.

If  the  prime  rate  increases,  the  daily  rate  and  APR  will  increase.  As  a  result,  interest,  your  total  minimum 
payment and the number of payments it would take you to pay off your account balance may increase. We 
apply any change in rates because of a prime rate change to your entire account balance. A change in the 
prime rate will take effect on the first day of the first billing cycle after the change. We may select a new interest 
rate index if the prime rate is not available.

When We Charge Interest 

We charge interest on your purchases from the date you make the purchase until you pay the purchase in full. 
See exceptions below.

How We Calculate Interest

How Fees Work

Late Payment Fee

•  We will not charge you interest during a billing cycle on any purchases if:

  1. You had no balance at the start of the billing cycle; OR

  2.  You had a balance at the start of the billing cycle and you paid that balance in full by the due date in that 

billing cycle.

•  We will credit, as of the start of the billing cycle, any payment you make by the due date that we allocate 

to purchases if:

  1. You had no balance at the start of the previous billing cycle; OR

  2.  You had a balance at the start of the previous billing cycle and you paid that balance in full by the due 

date in the previous billing cycle.

We figure the interest charge on your account separately for each balance type. We do this by applying the 
daily rate to the daily balance for each day in the billing cycle. A separate daily balance is calculated for the 
following balance types, as applicable: purchases and balances subject to different interest rates, plans or 
special promotions. See below for how this works.

  1.  How to get the daily balance: We take the starting balance each day, add any new charges and fees, 
and subtract any payments or credits. This gives us the daily balance. Credit insurance premiums and 
debt cancellation fees, if any, are not included in the daily balance. Late payment fees are treated as 
new purchases.

  2. How to get the daily interest amount: We multiply each daily balance by the daily rate that applies.

3. How to get the starting balance for the next day: We add the daily interest amount in step 2 to the daily 

balance from step 1.

  4.  How  to  get  the  interest  charge  for  the  billing  cycle:  We  add  all  the  daily  interest  amounts  that  were 

charged during the billing cycle.

We charge a minimum of $2.00 of interest in any billing cycle in which you owe interest. This charge is added 
proportionately to each balance type. 

We will charge this fee if we do not receive the total minimum payment due on your account by 5 p.m. (ET) on 
the due date. This fee is equal to:

  1. $29, if you have paid your total minimum payment due by the due date in each of the prior six billing cycles.

OR

2. $40, if you have failed to pay your total minimum payment due by the due date in any one or more of the 

prior six billing cycles.

The late payment fee will not be more than the total minimum payment that was due.

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Minimum Payment Calculation

Your total minimum payment is calculated as follows.

The greater of:

1. $29, or $40 (which includes any past due amounts) if you have failed to pay the total minimum payment due by the due date in any one or more of the 

prior six billing cycles.

OR

2.  The sum of:

(a) Any past due amounts; PLUS

(b)  1% of your new balance shown on your billing statement (excluding any balance in connection with a special promotional purchase with a unique 

payment calculation); PLUS

(c) Any late payment fees charged in the current billing cycle; PLUS

(d) All interest charged in the current billing cycle; PLUS

(e) Any payment due in connection with a special promotional purchase with a unique payment calculation.

We round up to the next highest whole dollar in figuring your total minimum payment. Your total minimum payment will never be more than your new balance.

SECTION III: STANDARD PROVISIONS  
GAP INC. CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT

ABOUT THE CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT

This Agreement. This is an Agreement between you and Synchrony Bank, 170 Election Road, Suite 125, Draper, UT 84020, for your credit card account 
shown above. By opening or using your account, you agree to the terms of the entire Agreement. The entire Agreement includes the four sections of this 
document and the application you submitted to us in connection with the account. These documents replace any other agreement relating to your account 
that you or we made earlier or at the same time.

Parties To This Agreement. This Agreement applies to each accountholder approved on the account and each of you is responsible for paying the full 
amount due, no matter which one uses the account. We may treat each of you as one accountholder and may refer to each of you as “you” or “your.” 
Synchrony Bank may be referred to as “we,” “us” or “our.”

Changes To This Agreement. We may change, add or delete terms of this Agreement, including interest rates, fees and charges.

Special Promotions. The terms of this Agreement apply to any special promotion. However, any special promotional terms that are different than the 
terms in this Agreement will be explained on promotional advertising or other disclosures provided to you.

HOW TO USE YOUR ACCOUNT/CARD

Use Of Your Account. You may use your account only for lawful personal, family or household purposes. You may use your account for purchases from Gap,  
Old Navy, Banana Republic or Athleta retail, online or Outlet/Factory stores located in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada.

You Promise To Pay. You promise to pay us for all amounts owed to us under this Agreement. 

Your Responsibility. Each accountholder will receive a card. You may not allow anyone else to use your account. If you do, or if you ask us to send a 
card to someone else, you will be responsible for paying for all charges resulting from their transactions.

Purchase Limits. To prevent fraud, we may limit the number or dollar amount of purchases you can make in any particular amount of time. We also may 
decline any particular charge on your account for any reason.

Credit Limit. You will be assigned a credit limit that we may increase or decrease from time to time. If we approve a purchase that makes you go over your 
credit limit, we do not give up any rights under this Agreement and we do not treat it as an increase in your credit limit.

HOW AND WHEN TO MAKE PAYMENTS

When Payments Are Due. You must pay at least the total minimum payment due on your account by 5 p.m. (ET) on the due date of each billing cycle. 
Payments received after 5 p.m. (ET) will be credited as of the next day. You may at any time pay, in whole or in part, the total unpaid balance without any 
additional charge for prepayment. If you have a balance subject to interest, earlier payment may reduce the amount of interest you will pay. We may delay 
making credit available on your account in the amount of your payment even though we will credit your payment when we receive it.

Payment Options. You can pay by mail or online. We may allow you to make payments over the phone but we will charge you a fee to make expedited 
phone payments. Your payment must be made in U.S. dollars by physical or electronic check, money order or a similar instrument from a bank located in 
the United States.

How To Make A Payment. You must follow the instructions for making payments provided on your billing statement. If you do not, credit of your payment 
may be delayed up to five days. Your billing statement also explains how information on your check is used.

Payment Allocation. We will apply the required total minimum payment to balances on your account using any method we choose. Any payment you 
make in excess of the required total minimum payment will be applied to higher APR balances before lower APR balances. Applicable law may require or 
permit us to apply excess payments in a different manner in certain situations, such as when your account has a certain type of special promotion.

INFORMATION ABOUT YOU 

Using And Sharing Your Information. When you applied for an account, you gave us and The Gap, Inc. (Gap Inc.) information about yourself that we 
could share with each other. Gap Inc. will use the information in connection with the credit program and for things like creating and updating its records 
and offering you special benefits. More information about how we use and share information is set forth in the privacy policy for your account. 

Address/Phone Change. You represent that any phone number that you provide to us belongs to you and/or that you are authorized to provide that 
number. You also agree to tell us right away if you change your address or any phone number. 

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Consent  To  Communications.  You  consent  to  us,  as  well  as  any  other  owner  or  servicer  of  your  account,  contacting  you  through  any  channel  of 
communication and for any purpose, as permitted by applicable law. For informational, servicing, fraud, or collection related communications, you agree 
that we may use the phone numbers that you provide to us to contact your cellular phone or wireless device with text messages, artificial or prerecorded 
voice calls, and calls made by an automatic telephone dialing system. Text frequency may vary and may be recurring.  This consent applies even if you are 
charged for the call under your plan. You are responsible for any charges that may be billed to you by your communications carrier when we contact you. 
Message and data rates may vary.  We and any carrier are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.  If you have questions, please call the number 
on the back of your card.

Telephone Monitoring. For quality control, you allow us to listen to and/or record telephone calls between you and us.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT 

Closing Your Account. You may close your account at any time by sending a letter to the address shown on your billing statement or calling customer 
service. We may close your account at any time, for any reason. If your account is closed, you must stop using it. You must still pay the full amount you 
owe and this Agreement will remain in effect until you do.

Collection Costs. If we ask an attorney who is not our salaried employee to collect your account, we may charge you our collection costs. These include 
court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees.

Credit Bureau Reporting. We may report information about your account to credit bureaus. Late payments, missed payments, or other defaults on your 
account may be shown in your credit report. Tell us if you think we reported wrong information about you to a credit bureau. Write to us at P.O. Box 965005,  
Orlando, FL 32896-5005. Tell us what information is wrong and why you think it is wrong. If you have a copy of the credit report that includes the wrong 
information, send us a copy. 

Default. You are in default if you make a late payment, do not follow any other term of this Agreement or become bankrupt or insolvent. If you default 
or upon your death, we may (a) request payment of the full amount due right away, (b) take legal action to collect the amounts owed, and/or (c) take any 
other action allowed.

Disputed Amounts. The billing rights summary in section IV of this Agreement describes what to do if you think there is a mistake on your 
bill. If you send us correspondence about a disputed amount or payment, you must send it to the address for billing inquiries. We do not 
give up any rights under this Agreement if we accept a payment marked “payment in full” or given with any other conditions or limitations.

Unauthorized Use. If your card is lost, stolen or used without your consent, call us immediately at 1-866-450-4467 for Gap Credit Card Accounts, 
1-866-450-2330 for Banana Republic Credit Card Accounts, 1-866-450-5294 for Old Navy Credit Card Accounts and 1-855-327-4359 for Athleta 
Credit Card Accounts. You will not be liable for unauthorized use on your account, but you will be responsible for all use by anyone you give your card 
to or allow to use your account.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT 

Assignment. We may sell, assign or transfer any or all of our rights or duties under this Agreement or your account, including our rights to payments. We 
do not have to give you prior notice of such action. You may not sell, assign or transfer any of your rights or duties under this Agreement or your account.

Enforceability. If any part of this Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, all other parts of this Agreement will still apply.

Governing Law. Except as provided in the Resolving a Dispute with Arbitration section, this Agreement and your account are governed by federal law 
and, to the extent state law applies, the laws of Utah without regard to its conflicts of law principles. This Agreement has been accepted by us in Utah.

Waiver. We may give up some of our rights under this Agreement. If we give up any of our rights in one situation, we do not give up the same right in 
another situation.

RESOLVING A DISPUTE WITH ARBITRATION 

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT REJECT IT, THIS SECTION WILL APPLY TO YOUR ACCOUNT, AND MOST 
DISPUTES  BETWEEN  YOU  AND  US  WILL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  INDIVIDUAL  ARBITRATION.  THIS  MEANS  THAT:  (1)  NEITHER  A  COURT 
NOR A JURY WILL RESOLVE ANY SUCH DISPUTE; (2) YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR SIMILAR 
PROCEEDING; (3) LESS INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE; AND (4) APPEAL RIGHTS WILL BE LIMITED.

1. CLAIMS AND PARTIES.  If either you or we make a demand for arbitration, you and we must arbitrate any dispute or claim between you (including 
any  other  user  of  your  account),  and  us  (including  our  parents,  affiliates,  agents,  employees,  officers,  and  assignees)  that  directly  or  indirectly 
arises from or relates to your account, your account Agreement or our relationship, except as noted below.  In addition, The Gap, Inc. and/or any 
assignee, agent, or service provider of ours that collects amounts due on your account are intended beneficiaries of this Arbitration section and 
may enforce it in full (notwithstanding any state law to the contrary).

2. This Arbitration section broadly covers claims based upon contract, tort, consumer rights, fraud and other intentional torts, negligence, constitution, 
statute, regulation, ordinance, common law and equity and claims for money damages and injunctive or declaratory relief, even if they arose before 
this section took effect.  You may not sell, assign or transfer a claim. 

3. Examples of claims subject to arbitration are disputes about an account transaction, fees, charges or interest, the events leading up to the Agreement 
(such as any disclosures, advertisements, promotions or oral or written statements, warranties or representations made by us), an application for or 
denial of credit, any product or service provided by us or third parties in connection with the Agreement, credit reporting, benefit programs related to 
your account including any reward program, the collection of amounts due by our assignees, service providers, or agents and the manner of collection.

4. However, we will not require you to arbitrate any individual case in small claims court or your state’s equivalent court, so long as it remains an individual 
case in that court.  Also, even if all parties have opted to litigate a claim in court, you or we may elect arbitration with respect to any claim made 
by a new party or any claim later asserted by a party in any related or unrelated lawsuit, including modifying an individual claim to assert a class, 
representative or multi-party claim.  Arbitration may be requested at any time, even where there is a pending lawsuit, unless a trial has begun, or a 
final judgment entered. 

5. Only a court will decide disputes about the validity, enforceability, coverage or scope of this Arbitration section or any part thereof. However, any 

dispute that concerns the validity or enforceability of the Agreement as a whole is for the arbitrator to decide.

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6. NO  CLASS  ACTIONS.  IF  EITHER  YOU  OR  WE  ELECT  TO  ARBITRATE  A  CLAIM,  NEITHER  YOU  NOR  WE  WILL  HAVE  THE  RIGHT  (A)  TO 
PARTICIPATE  IN  A  CLASS  ACTION,  PRIVATE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL  ACTION  OR  OTHER  REPRESENTATIVE  ACTION  IN  COURT  OR  IN 
ARBITRATION, EITHER AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS MEMBER, OR (B) TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS WITH CLAIMS OF 
ANY OTHER PERSONS EXCEPT ACCOUNTHOLDERS ON YOUR ACCOUNT. THUS, YOU MAY NOT BRING CLAIMS AGAINST US ON BEHALF 
OF ANY ACCOUNTHOLDER WHO IS NOT AN ACCOUNTHOLDER ON YOUR ACCOUNT, AND YOU AGREE THAT ONLY ACCOUNTHOLDERS 
ON YOUR ACCOUNT MAY BE JOINED IN A SINGLE ARBITRATION WITH ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE. 

7. PROCEDURES.  The party who wants to arbitrate must notify the other party in writing. This notice can be given after the beginning of a lawsuit or in 
papers filed in the lawsuit. Otherwise, your notice must be sent to Synchrony Bank, Legal Operation, P.O. Box 29110, Shawnee Mission, KS 66201-
5320, ATTN: ARBITRATION DEMAND. The party seeking arbitration must select either the American Arbitration Association (AAA), 120 Broadway, 
Floor 21, New York, NY 10271, www.adr.org, or JAMS, 620 Eighth Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10018, www.jamsadr.com, to administer the 
arbitration. If neither administrator can handle the dispute, a court with jurisdiction will appoint an arbitrator.

8. The arbitration administrator will appoint the arbitrator and will tell the parties what to do next. The arbitrator must be a lawyer with at least ten years 
of legal experience. The arbitrator must apply the same law, consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), that would apply to an individual action 
in court, but may use different procedural rules. The arbitrator will apply the same statutes of limitation and privileges that a court would apply if the 
matter were pending in court.

9. The arbitrator may award any damages or other relief or remedies that would apply under applicable law to an individual action brought in court, 
including,  without  limitation,  punitive  damages  (governed  by  the  Constitutional  standards  employed  by  the  courts)  and  injunctive,  equitable  and 
declaratory relief (but only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party’s 
individual claim). The parties will bear the fees and costs of their attorneys, witnesses and experts. However, the arbitrator will have the authority to 
award fees and costs of attorneys, witnesses and experts to the extent permitted by the Agreement, the administrator’s rules or applicable law.

10. The arbitration will take place by phone or at a location reasonably convenient to you. If you ask, we will pay all the fees the administrator or arbitrator 
charges if you cannot obtain a waiver of fees from the administrator and are acting in good faith. We will always pay arbitration costs required by the 
administrator’s rules or that are necessary for this Arbitration section to be enforced.

11. GOVERNING LAW. This Arbitration section is governed by the FAA.  Utah law shall apply to the extent state law is relevant under the FAA, unless 
otherwise stated herein. The arbitrator’s award will be final and binding, except for any appeal right under the FAA. Any court with jurisdiction may enter 
judgment upon the arbitrator’s award. The arbitration award and any judgment confirming it will apply only to the specific case and cannot be used in 
any other case except to enforce the award. 

12. SURVIVAL. This Arbitration section shall survive the repayment of all amounts owed, the termination, cancellation or suspension of the Agreement 
or your account or credit privileges, any legal proceeding, and any bankruptcy by you, to the extent consistent with applicable bankruptcy law.  If this 
Arbitration section conflicts with the applicable arbitration rules or the other provisions of the Agreement, this Arbitration section shall govern. 

13. SEVERABILITY. If any portion of this Arbitration section is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining portions shall nevertheless remain in force 
with the following two exceptions.  First, if a determination is made that the “No Class Actions” provision is unenforceable, and that determination is 
not reversed on appeal, then this Arbitration section shall be void in its entirety.   Second, if a court determines that a public injunctive relief claim may 
proceed notwithstanding the “No Class Actions” provision, and that determination is not reversed on appeal, then the public injunctive relief claim will 
be decided by a court, and any individual claims will be arbitrated.  The parties will ask the court to stay the public injunctive relief claim until the other 
claims have been finally concluded.

14. HOW TO REJECT ARBITRATION. You may reject this Arbitration section. If you do that, a court will resolve any dispute or claim. To reject this 
section, send us a notice within 45 days after you open your account or we first provided you with your right to reject this section. The notice must 
include your name, address, account number, and personal signature, and must be mailed to Synchrony Bank, P.O. Box 965012, Orlando, FL 32896-
5012. This is the only way you can reject this section.  Rejecting this Arbitration section will not affect any other provision of the Agreement. It will also 
not affect any prior arbitration agreement or dispute resolution provision between you and us, which will remain in full force and effect. If you don’t 
reject this Arbitration section, it will be effective as of the date of the Agreement and will supersede any prior arbitration agreement between you and 
us that would otherwise be applicable.

SECTION IV: OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION 
GAP INC. CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT

This section of the agreement includes state notices, billing rights summary and rewards terms (if applicable) and is not required to be provided as part of the  
credit card agreement posted online or provided to the CFPB.

FR833282333 GAP INC CREDIT CARD
PLCC TC PDF WF2251058C
6/20

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