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e-Christmas Launched November, 11, 1997

A consortium of European electronic trade organizations and businesses, including key partners Hewlett-Packard Company, KPMG, Microsoft, UPS, Eurocard-MasterCard and Visa, announced `e-Christmas' - an initiative to increase knowledge of electronic commerce ... more

SpeedPass Upshifts November, 10, 1997

The 'Mobil SpeedPass' program will expand to New York and Baltimore this morning. Mobil also announced today it will introduce the next generation of 'SpeedPass' technology for some of its current markets. more

Another Holiday Projection November, 10, 1997

Holiday sales should be up 3%-4% this year acording to a study released this weekend by the International Mass Retail Association. The '1997 IMRA Holiday Shopping Study' indicates 58% of consumers expect to spend the same as last year or about $813 per ... more

Outer Space Card Transactions November, 10, 1997

What's more important than voting from outer space at this time of year? Shopping. While circling the world at approximately 17,000 mph and 200 miles above Earth, Flight Commander Anatoly Solovyev and Flight Engineer Pavel Vinogradov got a head start on ... more

Citibank Relationship Account November, 7, 1997

Citibank rolled out a new relationship account this week called simply the 'Citibank Account' which permits customers to link all Citibank accounts, including credit card balances, to avoid monthly bank service fees. Under the new program, the minimum balance ... more

@ease Smart Card November, 5, 1997

The program will be launched at Hickman Air Force Base in Honolulu. Some 5,000 '@ease' cards along with free key chain pocket readers will initially be issued by Hickman Federal Credit Union and First Hawaiian Bank's Hickman Branch. more

SFNB VISA Doubles Miles November, 4, 1997

Security First Network Bank), the world's first Internet bank, and Virtual Vineyards, the Internet's leading wine and food retailer, today announced a co-marketing agreement in which SFNB awards double bonus miles to customers who use SFNB Visa credit cards to ... more

First Holiday Projections November, 4, 1997

American Express projects holiday spending for this year will be up 6%, from an average of $1,160 per shopper last year to $1,233 for the 97 Xmas shopping season. The '1997 American Express Retail Index' shows about $879 of total holiday spending this year ... more

Kmart Card Sweepstakes November, 4, 1997

Kmart kicked off its 'Reward Yourself' sweepstakes this week offering top prizes of a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee and a 7-day cruise to more than one million Kmart credit cardholders. Cardholders are automatically entered each time they make a purchase through ... more

Not So Private November, 3, 1997

The JCPenney private label card expanded its acceptance base Saturday to Eckerd drugstores. Cardholders can now use their JCPenney cards to make purchases at the 100-year old drugstore chain which has grown to 2,800 outlets nationwide. more
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