MBNA Launches New No Balance Transfer Fee Card

September 21st, 2009 COLOGNE, Germany - Deutsche Card Services today announced that it is expanding its stationary point-of-sale (POS) card payment solutions. In addition to the existing service of credit card acceptance in stationary POS business, the subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, will, with immediate effect, directly offer payment terminals and the national card payment methods girocard, direct debit and GeldKarte in the German market.

September 1st, 2009 RIYADH - In cooperation with Ensan Charity Association in order to enhance its role in serving the community, Al Rajhi Bank recently launched "Ensan" Credit Card to support social and charity projects, in addition to encouraging charity spending to support key causes in the Saudi community. An agreement has been signed for launching this special product by HRH Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Chairman of Ensan Charity and Mr.

August 6th, 2009 BEIJING - - Travel card offers business travelers exclusive services and promotions Air China has launched the 'Air China Business Travel Card', becoming the first airline in China's civil aviation industry to introduce such a service. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080625/CNW017LOGO ) In order to meet business passengers' needs, Air China has integrated the services offered through e-commerce and frequent flyer programs to launch the 'Air China Business Travel Card'.

July 5th, 2009 CHESTER, England - - Card Users Will get Even More Generous BT Bill Discounts and 0 Per Cent Interest on Balance Transfers for 13 Months BT announced today that it has ramped up the benefits of its unique credit card. This follows consultation with customers who said they wanted a simpler way of earning uncapped rewards from their BT Credit Card, along with longer interest-free balance transfer periods.

June 9th, 2009 LONDON - With the Bhs MasterCard, Shopping has Never Been so Rewarding! The Bhs MasterCard is nearly a year old and has already been proven to be the most rewarding credit card available on the High Street, with a higher 'earn rate' than that of its retail competitors. Offering 5 points for every GBP1 spent in store and 1 point for every GBP1 spent elsewhere, it's unrivalled.

June 8th, 2009 PANAMA CITY - EPAY announces the launch of their newest EPAY debit card, ideal for personal and business usage worldwide. EPAY Inc. is a high performance, online payment platform allowing consumers and small businesses to send and receive money transfers worldwide through epayarea.com debit cards.

May 19th, 2009 WEYMOUTH, England - Magicard, one of the worldwide leaders in ID card printer systems and a business unit of Ultra Electronics, the security and defense group, announces the launch of the Pronto, a compact and secure single-feed colour ID card printer for instant personalization of cards. The new Pronto addresses key retail, education, hospitality and recreation customers who require high quality card personalisation and affordable visual security.

April 29th, 2009 LONDON - Vectone, the international call specialist has launched the future of calling cards: ZeroZero. The first product of its kind in the UK, ZeroZero is a pre-paid, call routing gadget that gives users the option to make calling card rate, international calls from their mobile.

April 21st, 2009 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California - Low International Calling Rates for Friends and Family Worldwide Friendster, Inc., a top 20 global Web site based on traffic* and the #1 social network in Asia, today announced the launch of The Friendster Loop, a pre-paid calling card with low, competitive rates, ideal for making international calls conveniently to over 220 countries. The Friendster Loop calling card is available immediately for use by anyone, including Friendster's tens of millions of active users and Internet users around the globe.

April 14th, 2009 CHESTER, England - At a time when small businesses are feeling the effects of the recession, MBNA has today announced the launch of a new business credit card, designed specifically with sole traders and small businesses in mind. The new MBNA Business Credit Card offers 0% p.a.

June 15th, 2009 Credit card interest rates waver in past weekNEW YORK — Credit card interest rates wavered in the past week, with the lowest rates holding steady while some higher rates dipped. Overall, the average annual percentage rate charged on variable rate credit cards edged up to 10.88 percent from 10.85 percent last week, according to Bankrate.com.

April 24th, 2009 Western Union testing prepaid cards in MissouriKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Money-transfer agent Western Union is testing a new service that allows customers to send money overnight without requiring the recipient to go to a Western Union location.

April 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Thursday met leaders of the credit-card industry, urging them to end unfair practices that are raising costs on indebted consumers, while US lawmakers are considering a wider crackdown on the sector. Obama said he hoped to create a new system that 'eliminates some of the abuses' including sudden interest-rate hikes and late-payment fees, which have added to unmanageable debts for some US consumers.

September 9th, 2009 GOP figure: Card weighing run for Kennedy's seatWASHINGTON — A top GOP figure says former Bush White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card is seriously considering running for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's vacant Senate seat.

June 3rd, 2009 Capital One CFO: Industry facing dramatic changesNEW YORK — New credit card legislation is expected to have a dramatic impact on the national lending landscape, the chief financial officer of Capital One Financial Corp. said Wednesday.

August 18th, 2009 Summary Box: Indictment of card hackerHACKER CHARGED: This week a man accused of some of the biggest credit card thefts on record was hit with more charges in other prominent cases. WHAT IT MEANS: The indictment illustrates how card numbers can be stolen by exploiting a flaw that still exists in some payment networks and other computer systems.

May 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Friday signed into law a legislation that makes it more difficult for credit card providers to raise fees and interest rates. The credit card reform bill received overwhelming support in Congress this week before landing on Obama's desk for his signature.

June 24th, 2009 Sea Launch Co. files for Chapter 11 reorganizationLONG BEACH, Calif.

August 21st, 2009 Correction: Q&A on credit card reformsNEW YORK — In an Aug. 19 story about credit card reforms, The Associated Press erroneously reported that cardholders will face fewer surprises about credit limit changes under the new rules.

September 9th, 2009 Card says he is considering run for Kennedy's seatNEWTON, Mass. — Former Bush White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card says he is "thinking very seriously" about running for the late Sen.