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Pac Bell Mexico Card

Pacific Bell expanded its Mexican prepaid phone card program yesterday to offer a "calling from Mexico" feature. The new feature may help combat various scams involving phone calls from Mexico. more

Holiday Inn Card

The 'Priority Club Worldwide Platinum VISA' card was unveiled Thursday in a partnership between Holiday Hospitality, VISA and First USA. The new cobranded VISA card enables cardholders to earn points towards free stays any Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and ... more

Smart Corp Card

American Express and Continental Airlines will begin a pilot Nov. 1 involving several thousand AmEx Corporate Cardholders to test 'Smart Corporate Cards' in Continental's 'Electronic Ticket Machines'. The corporate chip card will enable cardholders to ... more

Restaurant Gift Card

It looks like a credit card but acts like a gift certificate. It's the new Rock Bottom Restaurants Gift Card, an innovative sleek-looking plastic card, that makes the perfect stocking stuffer or holiday gift. more

Universal Studios Card

Universal Studios and NOVUS Services introduced the new "Universal Studios Card". For every dollar spent in purchases on the new Universal Studios Card, Cardmembers earn StudioPoints toward entertainment rewards from Universal Studios, including free ... more

VISA Relaunches RIF Promotion

Today in the nation's capital where -- President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton have made reading a national priority -- Visa U.S.A. is launching "Read Me a Story," a national program designed to help address America's reading crisis. The ... more

BIC vs BRC

VISA and MasterCard's Bankruptcy Issues Council took off the gloves yesterday by attacking the National Bankruptcy Review Commission's bankruptcy reform proposals. BIC said the BRC is bitterly divided on consumer bankruptcy issues as four of nine ... more

New E-Wallet

Ma-based Currency Scientific Inc. released it 'Electronic Wallet' yesterday which it says goes far beyond the capabilities of smart cards. CSI says its new e-wallet can perform everything from credit, debit, cash, ID, other applications at the point of sale, ... more

Ticketmaster Platinum MC

First USA and Ticketmaster Group rolled out the 'Ticketmaster Platinum MasterCard' yesterday offering five Ticketmaster Reward Points for every dollar spent at Ticketmaster and one point for each dollar spent elsewhere. Points are redeemable towards ... more

New ATM Surcharge Study

Study on ATM Usage Shows That Relatively Few Pay Majority of Optional Surcharges; Most Consumers Pay None; Research Also Reveals That Banking Relationships Are Unaffected Research findings on consumer usage patterns of automated teller machines (ATMs) where ... more
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