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News Library - December, 1996

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STARMARK MSA VISA CHECK CARD PROGRAM December, 27, 1996

Star Marketing and Administration, Inc. (Starmark) announced a partnership with American Health Value, L.L.C. of Boise, Idaho to market a Medical Savings Account (MSA) with high deductible medical insurance plans through a Visa check card, effective January ... more

TRAVEL CHOICES VISA December, 20, 1996

Bank of America introduced a new VISA card Thursday offering travel rewards ranging from car rentals to hotel accommodations to airline tickets. Cardholders earn one point for each dollar charged, or for balance transfers, and may earn up to a 60,000 point ... more

GREYHOUND MASTERCARD December, 19, 1996

South Dakota-based First Premier Bank and Greyhound Lines, Inc. announced yesterday they have teamed up to offer the first co-branded secured card for the travel industry. The card is currently being tested to Greyhound's core customer base in five major ... more

NEW BRYANT HEATING CARD December, 18, 1996

Green Tree Retail Services announced yesterday an agreement with Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems to provide a private label brand credit card for use by Bryants 7,000+ dealers, effective Jan. 1. FULL STORY: Green Tree Financial Corporation (NYSE: GNT) ... more

NEW WEB VISA CARD December, 12, 1996

The first Internet bank, Security First Network Bank, launched its new VISA credit card Wednesday which enables cardholders to view posted transactions online daily and to be automatically alerted when a payment is due. SFNB VISA statements will be ... more

NEW NATWEST-AMERICAN EXPRESS UK CARD December, 11, 1996

American Express also revealed Tuesday morning that National Westminster has agreed to issue a new personal AmEx credit card next year within NatWests U.K. market. Details of the product have not been fully developed but plans are to have the new bank-issued ... more

WORLD MASTERCARD December, 10, 1996

After selectively leaking word of a new high-end card product this week, MasterCard officially announced yesterday its plans to issue a new family of premium card products anchored by the new World MasterCard. The card is obviously positioned against the ... more

GIANT VISA CRASHES December, 9, 1996

More cracks are showing in co-branded rebate credit card deals as Buffalo-based M&T Bank is attempting to terminate its relationship with Washington, D.C.-based supermarket chain, Giant Food Inc. because the nine-month-old VISA program will lose between $9 ... more

SOUTHWESTERN BELL VISA BITES THE DUST December, 5, 1996

St. Louis-based Mercantile Bank will announce this morning the termination of its co-branded VISA program with Southwestern Bell. The eighteen month old program failed to meet the goals of both partners, becoming too expensive to maintain as a result of ... more
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