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Striking Gold Mon, Jan 29, 2001 AddThis Social Bookmark Button

By Ashish Rajan, CardTrak.com

Credit card colors range from green to black and from silver to titanium. However the saturation of platinum card marketing has ignited the re-discovery of gold colored credit cards. Over the past few months Capital One has led the pack by offering a new version of VISA Gold. Now Discover has launched a major pre-approved campaign for the new Gold Discover Card. The new Gold Discover does not offer the popular Cashback Bonus enhancement but does offers a modified version of the cash rewards program. The Discover Gold Rewards program offers a $20 cash rebate for each $2,000 in annual card purchases. Discover has capped annual rewards at $500 per account. The new card carries no annual fee and a 14.99%, fixed, on-going APR. The Gold card also offers a special short-term APR on balance transfers of 1.9%. The Discover Gold Card offers a minimum credit line of $1,200 and a $50,000 maximum.