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Exhibit 1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE SELLING AGENT AGREEMENT

          AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of November 23, 2009, by and among American Express Credit Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”), Banc of America Securities LLC, Incapital LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Fidelity Capital Markets, a division of National Financial Services LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC (each an “Agent” and together, the “Agents”) pursuant to the Selling Agent Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2009 (the “SAA”)

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Company has appointed each of the Agents as agents of the Company for the purpose of soliciting offers from time to time to purchase the Company’s InterNotes®, due nine months or more from the date of issue (the “Notes”) pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions contained in, the SAA; and

          WHEREAS, pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions contained in, the SAA, each Agent has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to solicit offers to purchase Notes; and

          WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the SAA as set forth herein.

          NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

          1. Definition of “Prospectus”. The definition of “Prospectus” that appears in the twelfth through the fourteenth lines of Section I of the SAA is amended and restated as follows:

          “; the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated November 23, 2009 relating to the Notes, as the same may be amended, restated or supplemented in accordance with the terms hereof, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”;

          2. Date of Letter of Representations.  The phrase “Letter of Representations from the Company and the Trustee to DTC, dated June 16, 2009” that appears in the sixth paragraph of Exhibit B of the SAA is amended and restated as follows:

          “Letter of Representations from the Company and the Trustee to DTC, dated November 23, 2009”;

          3. References to Prospectus Supplement in Form of Pricing Supplement. All references to “Prospectus Supplement dated June 16, 2009” that appear in Exhibit D to the SAA are amended and restated as follows:

          “Prospectus Supplement dated November 23, 2009”.

 

InterNotes® is a registered servicemark of Incapital Holdings LLC



          If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and you.

  Very truly yours,
     
     
     
  AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT
  CORPORATION
     
     
     
  By:    /s/ Christopher Palazzolo  
    Name: Christopher Palazzolo
    Title: President

Confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written:

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
   
   
By:    /s/ Caspar Bentinck
  Name: Caspar Bentinck
  Title: Managing Director

 

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  CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
     
     
     
  By:    /s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr  
    Name: Jack D. McSpadden, Jr
    Title: Managing Director

 

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  FIDELITY CAPITAL MARKETS, A
    DIVISION OF NATIONAL
    FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
     
     
     
  By:    /s/ John Cook  
    Name: John Cook
    Title: Senior VP

 

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  INCAPITAL LLC
     
     
     
  By:    /s/ Joseph Novak  
    Name: Joseph Novak
    Title: Secretary

 


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  MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER &
  SMITH INCORPORATED
     
     
     
  By:    /s/ Teresa A. Radzinski  
    Name: Teresa A. Radzinski
    Title: Managing Director

 

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  MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
INCORPORATED
     
     
     
  By:    /s/ Yurij Slyz  
    Name: Yurij Slyz
    Title: Vice President

 

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  RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
  CORPORATION
     
     
     
  By:    /s/ Paul Rich  
    Name: Paul Rich
    Title: Director Fixed Income

 

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  UBS SECURITIES LLC
     
     
     
  By:    /s/ Don Oliver  
    Name: Don Oliver
    Title: Executive Director
   
   
   
  UBS SECURITIES LLC
     
     
     
  By:    /s/ Carrie L. McCann  
    Name: Carrie L. McCann
    Title: Managing Director

 

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  WELLS FARGO ADVISORS, LLC
     
     
     
  By:    /s/ Kristin Maher  
    Name: Kristin Maher
    Title: Senior Vice President

 

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