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Advanta Corp. (ADVN B) is in the Financial Services Industry

Revenue
Dec 31 2007
$562.1M
Profit
Dec 31 2007
$72.0M
Market Cap
Jul 23 2008
$238.8M

Latest News and Analysis

  • Advanta to Report Second Quarter 2008 Results

    SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today announced that it will release second quarter 2008 results on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, before the market opens. After the release, Advanta's management will hold a conference call with analysts and institutional investors at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. ...

    Articles 2008-07-02

  • The Receivables Exchange Names Advanta and Ticketmaster Veteran as Chief Financial Officer

    Financial Expert Brings More Than Twenty Years of Industry Leadership in High Performance Companies to New Capital Marketplace NEW ORLEANS -- The Receivables Exchange (www.receivablesXchange.com), the world's first online marketplace for real-time trading of accounts receivable, today announced that it has named Ed Millman as Chief Financial Officer....

    Articles 2008-06-18

  • Advanta Announces Conference Presentation

    SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today announced that it will be presenting at the 2008 KBW Diversified Financial Services Conference in New York City on Wednesday, June 4 at 1:20 PM Eastern time. For conference details and a link to a live webcast of the investor...

    Articles 2008-05-23

  • Advanta Closes Securitizations Backed by Business Purpose Credit Card Receivables

    SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Advanta Business Receivables Corp., has priced and closed $247 million of business credit card securitizations backed by receivables in revolving business purpose credit card accounts originated by Advanta Bank Corp. "The closing of...

    Articles 2008-05-19

  • Advanta Declares Quarterly Dividends

    SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 17.71 cents for its Class A Common Stock and 21.25 cents for its Class B Common Stock. The dividends will be payable on June 13, 2008 to...

    Articles 2008-05-13

  • Penn State Student Wins $10,000 for Best Small Business Idea in National ideablob.com® Contest

    PSU Student & Inventor Matt Allison Wins for Creating a Portable Touch Screen Device That Syncs with a Fitness-Based Social Networking Website SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ:ADVNB; ADVNA) announced today that Matt Allison of State College, PA has been named April's $10,000 ideablob.com monthly contest winner...

    Articles 2008-05-07

  • Advanta reports steep first-quarter decline

    Advanta Corp. yesterday reported a steep decline in profit from its small-business credit cards in the first quarter, as the slumping economy caused more borrowers to fall behind in their payments. Even so, the Spring House company's class B shares jumped 16.45 percent, or $1.24, to $8.78 in Nasdaq trading...

    Articles 2008-05-01

  • Advanta Reports First Quarter 2008 Earnings

    SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today reported first quarter 2008 net income of $18.4 million or $0.44 per diluted share for Class A and Class B shares combined. Included in the Company's results was net income not attributable to the Business Cards segment of $11.7 million,...

    Articles 2008-04-30

  • Advanta and Kiva Announce the KivaB4B Project to Empower Small Business Owners to Help Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries

    SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ:ADVNB; ADVNA) and Kiva have launched the KivaB4B Project (www.kivab4b.org), a joint initiative announced today that encourages small business owners and entrepreneurs in the U.S. to support entrepreneurs in developing countries. Through the initiative, Advanta customers can make grants - using an Advanta business...

    Articles 2008-04-15

  • Advanta to Report First Quarter 2008 Results

    SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today announced that it will release first quarter 2008 results on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, before the market opens. After the release, Advanta's management will hold a conference call with analysts and institutional investors at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. ...

    Articles 2008-04-09

  • LLR Partners Announces Promotions and One New Hire

    PHILADELPHIA -- LLR Partners Inc. ("LLR") is pleased to announce its recent promotions and a new addition to the firm. Scott A. Perricelli and David J. Reuter have been promoted to Partner and Todd J. Morrissey and David A. Stienes have been promoted to Principal. In addition, Wm. Christian Bullitt...

    Articles 2008-03-28

  • Sartorius Stedim Biotech and NewAge Industries AdvantaPure Team to Offer the Biopharmaceutical Industry Value-Added Solutions

    AUBAGNE, France & GOETTINGEN, Germany & SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. -- Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Paris:DIM) and NewAge Industries Inc. have signed a collaboration agreement that provides the AdvantaPure GammaTag([TM]) gamma-stable RFID tag exclusively for Sartorius Stedim's single-use Fluid Management Technology portfolio used in the biopharmaceutical industry. Sartorius Stedim plans to...

    Articles 2008-03-20

  • Social entrepreneur student wins $10,000 for best small business idea in national ideablob.com contest

    Penn State student Aaron Fleishman wins for Mashavu, a student project providing networked health solutions for children in third world countries. SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ:ADVNB; ADVNA) announced that Aaron Fleishman of State College, PA has been named February's $10,000 ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the...

    Articles 2008-03-12

  • Tomlinson Black North buys Century 21 Advanta

    Tomlinson Black North Inc., of Spokane, has bought the assets of Century 21 Advanta, another real estate agency on the North Side. Mike Hume, broker and co-owner of Tomlinson Black North, says that brokerage bought Century 21 Advanta last month from longtime Spokane real estate broker Ron Hansen. Hume...

    Articles 2008-03-06

  • New England Milk Bank voted best small business idea in national ideablob.com contest

    Naomi Bar-Yam, a Newton, MA resident and Brandeis University alumna, wins $10,000 WALTHAM, Mass. & SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) announced last night that Naomi Bar-Yam of Newton, MA has been named January's $10,000 ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the best business idea. Bar-Yam...

    Articles 2008-02-14

  • Advanta Declares Quarterly Dividends

    SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 17.71 cents for its Class A Common Stock and 21.25 cents for its Class B Common Stock. The dividends will be payable on March 14, 2008 to...

    Articles 2008-02-12

  • Profit for card-issuer Advanta plunges 59%

    Advanta Corp.'s fourth-quarter net income plummeted 59 percent, as the Spring House credit card issuer built reserves to cover late payments by its small-business customers. "Although we're disappointed with the impact of the current economy on our recent results, we believe the small-business market will continue to provide opportunities for...

    Articles 2008-01-31

  • Advanta's Affiliate Program Honored by LinkShare, Designated as Premium Partner

    SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) announced today that LinkShare, a leading pay-per-action marketing network, has identified Advanta Bank Corp.'s affiliate marketing program as a "Premium Partner." According to LinkShare, Advanta is the only credit card issuer and one of a select few out of hundreds of...

    Articles 2008-01-31

  • Advanta Reports Earnings for 2007

    Substantial Reserves Added in the Fourth Quarter SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today reported full year 2007 net income from continuing operations of $71 million or $1.61 per diluted share for Class A and Class B shares combined, including an after-tax charge of $0.17...

    Articles 2008-01-30

  • Webcast Alert: Q4 2007 Earnings Conference Call

    SPRING HOUSE, Pa. -- Advanta Corp (NASDAQ:ADVNB) announces the following Webcast: What: Q4 2007 Earnings Conference Call When: January 30, 2008 @ 9:00 AM Eastern Where: http://www.investorcalendar.com/ClientPage.asp?ID=124838 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address...

    Articles 2008-01-29

  • Incorporated: 1974
  • CEO: Mr. Dennis Alter

Advanta issues credit card to the small business market. Through its Advanta Business Cards, Co. is licensed to issue both MasterCard® and VISA® business purpose credit cards. Co. also owns two depository institutions, Advanta Bank Corp. and Advanta Bank. Advanta Business Cards is primarily funded and operated through Advanta Bank Corp., which provides a range of deposit products, such as retail and large denomination certificates of deposits and money market savings accounts that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. In addition, Co. provides insurance products through its insurance subsidiaries, Advanta Life Insurance Company and Advanta Insurance Company.

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Advanta Corp. Company Info

Board of Directors

Mr. Dennis Alter

Chairman

Mr. William A. Rosoff

Vice-Chairman

Ms. Dana Becker Dunn

Mr. Max Botel

Mr. Thomas P. Costello

Mr. Ronald Lubner

Mr. Olaf Olafsson

Mr. Michael A. Stolper

Contact Information

Welsh & McKean Roads

P.O. Box 844

Spring House, PA

http://www.advanta.com

215 657-4000

NAICS Code

Consumer Lending: 522291