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(10/29/99) Citi's Internet Card It walks and talks like a credit card but is not made of plastic. It's made of virtually nothing! Citibank launched its new virtual credit card that runs on the MasterCard network this week. -READ MORE
(10/28/99) Red Cross VISA The average Canadian can now develop a philanthropic habit by using a credit card. The Canadian Red Cross and Canada's Royal Bank have teamed up to offer the 'Red Cross VISA'. -READ MORE	(10/27/99) AAA ATM Cards The new VISA TravelMoney card is finally being tested in the USA. The Automobile Association of America, Fleet Boston and VISA have teamed up to test two stored value cards. -READ MORE
(10/25/99) Body Slamming MasterCards Now you can slam down a MasterCard to show support for your favorite professional wrestler. The card can also get you a priority seat at the Nitro Grill. World Championship Wrestling and Capital One have re-launched the WCW MasterCard with new designs and new logos. -READ MORE	(10/22/99) Canada Online Internet-based credit cards have spread from the U.S. to the U.K. and now to Canada. Bank of Montreal unveiled the new 'canada.com MasterCard' this week. It is the first co-branded credit card in Canada geared specifically for the online shopper. -READ MORE
(10/20/99) Smarter Wallets The smart money this year is in digital wallets! The dumb money is web shoppers who repeatedly fill out the same information for online orders. Digital wallets eliminate the tedious and repetitive task of completing online shopping order forms, passwords, login IDs and registration forms. -READ MORE	(10/19/99) Sam's Upgrades The name of the game today is to add value and charge a big fee. The nation's largest membership warehouse club unveiled this week the SAM'S Club Elite Membership Card. -READ MORE
(10/18/99) Black and Blue The brutal competition among credit card issuers has left American Express black and blue. Last week American Express introduced its highest level of cardholder service via the new Centurion Card also to be known as the Black Card. -READ MORE	(10/15/99) 33% to Horde Cash for Y2K Mattresses will be bulging on New Year's Eve! While concern on the Y2K bug has been generally diminishing, American consumers are playing it safe. -READ MORE
(10/15/99) 500,000 VISA Signature Card The VISA card for millionaires has signed up lots of takers in its first year. The VISA Signature card now has more than 500,000 cards. The card is targeted at the 9 million U.S. households with annual incomes above $100,000. -READ MORE	(10/13/99) Instant Gratification More and more card issuers are jumping online and some into the instant approval business. But as always there are good apples and bad apples. Here is a brief rundown of the best and the worst on the Web today as well as some good advice. -READ MORE
(10/13/99) Real Jetsetter Gold Card Thought gold cards lost their glitter? Think again. There is a new gold card for the very, very affluent. To qualify you have to own a personal Boeing 737 jet. Boeing Business Jets unveiled the 'BBJ Gold Card' this week. -READ MORE	(10/12/99) Providian Roll-Back Trying to further repair its bruised image with cardholders, Providian Financial said last week it has rolled back its foreign currency transaction fee. Providian says it has reduced the fee from 5% to 3%. -READ MORE
(10/12/99) Halloween Spending American consumers will spend an average of $98 this year on Halloween candy, decorations and costumes for themselves and their children, up 21% from last year. -READ MORE	(10/6/99) Marbles Vs. Egg Two U.S. based card issuers have started a bloody Internet card war for the Brits. It all comes down to marbles versus egg. Household International's U.K. bank, HFC Bank, announced this week it will unveil an Internet-based credit card in about two weeks. -READ MORE
(10/4/99) AmEx Rewards Beefed-Up One of the best rewards programs in the U.S. is getting better with the introduction of two new program levels, one for high rollers and one for low ballers. American Express is expanding its Membership Rewards program to include Membership Rewards Plus and Membership Rewards Options. -READ MORE	(10/4/99) Pre-Xmas Card War The fall card wars have begun! The pre-holiday battle to sign up new bank credit card accounts remains strong this year with lots of super low rates to choose from, some as low as 0%. This year intro rates continue to dominate the market instead of the single digit, fixed go-to APR, according to CardWeb's CardWatch marketing intelligence service. -READ MORE