Credit Card News

Access news releases from previous months and years.

October, 2007

• October 17: Chase, Continental, General Motors Announce First-Ever World MasterCard For Business Cards
• October 17: MasterCard Unveils World MasterCard(R) for Business Premium Payment Card Program
• October 01: American Express Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Credit Card Companies
• October 08: NetSpend® Increases Interest Rate to 5 Percent Annual Yield on NetSpend National Savings Program

September, 2007

• September 29: Delcarson Appointed CEO of InCard
• September 28: Citi and Expedia Expand Relationship to Include Credit Cards
• September 20: Beyonce Knowles Joins The "Are You a Cardmember?" Campaign from American Express
• September 17: Chase Launches Next Generation of Chase Freedom
• September 17: Harvard University Employees Credit Union First Credit Union to Issue MasterCard PayPass
• September 15: PETCO Now Accepts MasterCard PayPass
• September 15: MasterCard Advisors, LLC Launches Suite of Studies on Cardholder Attitudes
• September 04: College Freshman Reminded to Focus on Education, Not Overspending
• September 04: ICT DisplayCard Distributed to Online Banking Customers

August, 2007

• August 30: GE Consumer Finance (GE Money) and American Express will issue branded credit cards in Japan
• August 29: ICT DisplayCard Featured on CNN
• August 29: Capital One Acquires Prepaid Card Leader NetSpend

July, 2007

• July 10: MasterCard rePower Adds Over 40,000 Locations in Strategic Agreement with Green Dot Corporation
• July 08: MasterCard Wins Injunction Against Visa
• July 06: Discover(R) Card Wins Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Award for 10th Consecutive Year
• July 04: Stored Value Cards: An Alternative for the Unbanked?

June, 2007

• June 30: Speed Paying and Banking

May, 2007

• May: 29: Study Finds Debit Card Usage by Women Has More than Doubled Since 2003

April, 2007

• April 30: VeriSign Partners With InCard
• April 23: Momentum for Visa Innovations
• April 18: Discover® launches its new Business Miles Card
• April 16: Chase introduces first blink-enabled grocery-store chain rewards card
• April 16: ActivIdentity Partners With InCard
• April 11: MasterCard Launches New Experiential Programs For Premium Cardholders
• April 09: Coca-Cola United to Convert Vending Machines to Cashless Credit Card Payments
• April 02: Visa USA Contactless Payment Platform Operationally Ready

March, 2007

• March 19: Visa Expand Acceptance of Visa Contactless Cards
• March 13: Discover(R) Card Wins Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Award
• March 13: Discover Financial Services introduces Discover® Motiva Card
• March 08: Shoprite To Accept ExpressPay from American Express
• March 05: Global Finance Names MasterCard Worldwide ‘Best Corporate Cards and Expense Services Provider’
• March 03: American Express Launches Flight Finder and Room Finder for Charge Cardmembers

February, 2007

• February 01: Card-Carrying Consumers Suffer Debt Woes After a Happy Holiday

January, 2007

• January 30: Football Fans to ‘Tap & Go™’ During the Big Game Using MasterCard PayPass
• January 00: US credit card battle hots up