19 Dec 1996
| by PATRICK BARRETT
credit and debit card markets to greater
competition.
Amex regards the addition of NatWest as a crucial step towards building
its brand as the third global credit card network.
Until now, UK banks have offered consumers only Visa or MasterCard
credit or debit cards, leaving Amex out ...
19 Dec 1996
changed credit terms for its disgruntled business
customers as a sweetener - but has stopped short...changed credit terms for its disgruntled business
customers as a sweetener - but has stopped short of offering
compensation.
The new credit terms, which will start in the middle of January, give
businesses a week to bill and 21 days to pay - an extra two weeks of
credit.
The old system of seven ...
13 Dec 1996
Capital One, the latest US financial services firm to lay siege to the
lucrative UK credit card...Capital One, the latest US financial services firm to lay siege to the
lucrative UK credit card market, is searching for a PR agency.
The company, which is the ninth largest credit card issuer ...
for its aggressive marketing, Capital One started
targeting potential good credit risk UK customers ...
04 Oct 1996
Leading Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seeking credentials from UK-based PR
agencies....Leading Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seeking credentials from UK-based PR
agencies ...
experience. However, the source added that it was not clear
whether Credit Suisse wanted merger experience ...
months for the Credit Suisse
group. In April, CS Holding suffered the embarrassment of having ...
13 Sep 1996
| by EMMA HALL
The tussle to secure Billy Connolly as the frontman for a major
advertising campaign has been won by Simons Palmer Clemmow Johnson.
The agency has secured the Scottish comedian to star in the pounds 30
million launch work for Goldfish, the new credit card from British Gas
and HFC Bank ...
13 Sep 1996
| by RICHARD COOK
Hard-pressed credit-card issuers are rethinking ad tactics, Richard Cook
says...Hard-pressed credit-card issuers are rethinking ad tactics, Richard Cook
says
Forget ...
produce from any market anywhere with
a credit card, and dwell instead on the aspirational nature ...
arrangements, in the light of changes that
are taking place within the credit-card market . The only good ...
08 Aug 1996
| by JULIAN LEE
The Daily Telegraph is to launch its own branded credit card in a move
which could once again...The Daily Telegraph is to launch its own branded credit card in a move
which could once again signal a conflict with financial services
advertisers within its pages.
Telegraph Enterprises ...
with the credit card.
The Telegraph is well primed for such a move. Enterprises is headed by
former ...
25 Jul 1996
| by PATRICK BARRETT
this because the new facility won t offer any
credit provision. The cash in the account will be the only ...
.
The account is likely to work as a loss leader for the bank, drawing in
people with a poor credit history ...
19 Jul 1996
| by KAREN YATES
Competition in the credit card market is set to intensify later this
year as MBNA International...Competition in the credit card market is set to intensify later this
year as MBNA International, one of the biggest credit card operators in
the US, talks to advertising agencies about a pounds 6 ...
UK credit card industry has proved to be a major
draw for US card operators because this country ...
19 Jul 1996
Shandwick has landed its second global PR account in six months with a
pounds 3 million MasterCard International deal.
The agency, which used the vehicle of this week s interim results to
announce the win, has been recruited by the credit card company as its
worldwide PR adviser ...