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CARDNEWS FOR CONSUMERS
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(11/26/97)
Stogie VISA
First USA and Consolidated Cigar Corp. teamed up yesterday to roll out three new platinum cards targeted at the cigar aficionado. The 'Montecristo', 'H. Upmann' and 'Cigar Lover's' Platinum VISA cards will carry First USA's flagship pricing: no annual fee; 5.9% intro rate and 13.99% long-term rate.
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(11/26/97)
Genus Holiday Hotline
As consumers head off to the malls the day after Thanksgiving, kicking off the biggest shopping season of the year, Genus Credit Management today launches its automated Holiday Hotline.
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(11/25/97)
VISA Gift Wrap Underway
Santa's not the only big attraction in malls this holiday season. Visa U.S.A.'s Free Gift Wrap campaign is drawing crowds for its third consecutive year - and drawing millions of dollars into participating malls.
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(11/24/97)
Xmas Card Volume
U.S. consumers will charge about $3.5 billion per day during the 27 Christmas shopping days between the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Day this year.
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(11/24/97)
They Can Pay
About 25% of all debtors filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy could repay 30% or more of their non-housing debts according to a study released Friday by the Credit Research Center of Georgetown University.
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(11/21/97)
BofA HomeBanking
Yesterday, Bank of America's 'HomeBanking' service dropped all access fees, reduced fees for online bill payment and added a new service enabling customers to view credit card account information.
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(11/23/97)
Holiday Phone Card Tips
Along with the arrival of the holiday season comes an increase in the number of scam artists whose rip-offs have ruined the holidays for many unsuspecting people. To help consumers protect themselves against phone fraud and other deceptions that people are especially vulnerable to at this time of the year, AT&T has identified certain scams that are common during the holidays.
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(11/19/97)
FirstClass PhoneCards
About 60% of purchasers of the 'FirstClass PhoneCard' say they purchase the card as a gift. The prepaid phonecard is issued by American Express and distributed via the U.S. Postal Service.
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(11/17/97)
Holiday Crystal Ball
Arthur Andersen says consumer are bullish on the economy with 77% of American expecting to spend the same or more this year on holiday gifts. As a result overall 1997 retail sales will increase 3%-5%.
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(11/17/97)
Universal Gifts Online
Shopping 24 Hours a day no matter where you live, a merchandise establishment online at http://www.Universal-Gifts.com is not a mall with all kinds of distracting outside advertising running through it, and offers a great alternative to traditional shopping.
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(11/14/97)
New Mall Card
The apparent success of PNC's 'Mall V.I.P. Visa' has prompted at least one East Coast mall owner/operator to issue a new rewards 'MasterCard'. Johnstown, Pa.-based Crown American launched the 'Crown Rewards MasterCard' yesterday via MBNA America.
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(11/14/97)
Ameritech Phone Cards
Feeling the competitive heat in prepaid phone cards Chicago- based Ameritech launched two new phone cards yesterday. The new Ameritech 'A+' phone card features flat rate pricing for all domestic calls regardless of destination.
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(11/13/97)
Hot Way to Pay
MasterCard and Opinion Research Corp. released results of a national survey showing 24% of Americans will use a debit card for making purchases this holiday season.
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(11/13/97)
Merr-e-Christmas
The European Web Site launched this week by a consortium of computing, financing, consulting, and shipping firms featuring consumer products from more than twenty European retailers may turn out to be the holiday season's hottest Web site.
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(11/12/97)
Holiday Stress
A survey conducted for Intuit/Quicken by Roper Starch says three out of four Americans will experience financial stress this year paying holiday bills. The study projects Americans will spend $816 this year per adult or about $160 billion on holiday gifts, an increase of 7% over 1996.
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(11/12/97)
Blue Box Sweepstakes
Starting this Saturday all U.S. American Express cardholders will automatically be entered into a holiday sweepstakes offering nine grand prizes and 4,000 first prizes.
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(11/12/97)
e-Christmas Launched
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 among European businesses.
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(11/10/97)
SpeedPass Upshifts
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 family.
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(11/10/97)
Another Holiday Projection
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 family.
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(11/10/97)
Outer Space Card Transactions
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 filling their families' holiday wish lists.
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(11/7/97)
Citibank Relationship Account
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.
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(11/5/97)
@ease Smart Card
The first complete smart card system for the Armed Forces Financial Network will be installed shortly following an agreement with Touch Technology International.
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(11/4/97)
SFNB VISA Doubles Miles
Security First Network Bank announced yesterday it double 'SecureMiles' airline-miles for online purchases of Virtual Vineyard products.
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(11/4/97)
First Holiday Projections
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.
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(11/4/97)
Kmart Card Sweepstakes
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.
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(11/3/97)
Not So Private
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.
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