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The Brighter Planet™ Visa® credit card

Now featuring Add It Up™ rewards

Earn up to 20% cash back on purchases at more than 270 online retailers.

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  1. Request yours today and use it for your everyday shopping
  2. Help build renewable energy projects with every purchase
  3. Make a difference in the fight against climate change

How the card works

  • Earn 1 EarthSmart point for every $1 spent in net retail purchases.
  • Every time you use your Brighter Planet Visa Credit, you help fund renewable energy projects across the country.
  • Join Bank of America's Add It Up program and also earn up to 20% cash back on top of retailer discounts and your credit card rewards.
  • EarthSmart points are automatically redeemed monthly.
  • As of 6/1/09, every point will fund an estimated pound of carbon offsets.
  • Visit brighterplanet.com to calculate your carbon footprint, link your card and track your daily progress toward reducing your footprint, read about the projects you support and share your commitment with your friends and family.

Special offer

  • 0% introductory APR on cash advance checks and balance transfers for your first 12 billing cycles
  • no annual fee

The Brighter Planet Visa card from Bank of America: Apply now

Prefer to apply by phone?
Dial 1 (800) 511-1472 and mention priority code FAB6BU.

Are you a student, recent grad, or first-time cardholder?

Bonus points

  • Earn 50% more points with a match from Bank of America through September 2009.
  • Earn 1,000 bonus points after your first transaction.
  • Earn an additional 1,000 bonus points when you sign up for paperless statements.

Program Rules · Apply now →

† For information about the rates, fees, other costs, and benefits associated with the use of the card, click “Apply now” and refer to the disclosures accompanying the online credit card application.


Your Brighter Planet profile

Cardholders may create a profile on the Brighter Planet website. Use it to see the positive impact you're making by reducing your carbon footprint:

  • calculate your carbon footprint
  • find ways to reduce your environmental impact
  • track your daily progress toward reducing your carbon footprint
  • learn about the renewable energy projects that you help build

After you apply, you'll receive instructions on how to link your card into your profile to activate these features.


The projects you help build

The points you earn support a geographically and technologically diverse portfolio of renewable energy projects that help reduce your carbon footprint. Carbon offsets earned with your Brighter Planet Visa card come from projects approved by the Brighter Planet Project Selection Committee and always meet the requirements of our Carbon Offset Policy, created with guidance from industry experts and the Brighter Planet Advisory Board.

Carbon Offset Terms and Conditions


Bank of America logoThe Brighter Planet Visa card is provided by Bank of America. Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving more than 57 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 5,700 retail banking offices, more than 17,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with more than 23 million active users.

The Brighter Planet Visa card is part of Bank of America’s $20 billion commitment announced in March 2007 to support the growth of environmentally sustainable business activity to address global climate change. This ten-year initiative encourages development of environmentally sustainable business practices through lending, investing, philanthropy and the creation of new products and services.

To learn more please visit bankofamerica.com/environment.

EarthSmart™ points is trademark of FIA Card Services N.A.

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