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The Miles Bye Club
The airline guys who invented frequent-flier programs almost 30 years ago and then turned them into wildly successful marketing vehicles eventually began calling miles "the nation's second currency." After all, they said with a warranted appreciation for what they had wrought, what else in America was so easily earned,...
Tags: Chase, Mileage, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc., Mile, Continental Airlines Inc., Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales
Articles 2008-08-05
Why You Should Use a Credit Card for Airplane Tickets
If you routinely charge plane tickets to a debit card, stop. The New York Times explains why you should always use a credit card for your flight purchases: Under the federal Fair Credit Billing Act, a credit card company is required to return your money for a service not...
Tags: Financial Services, Sales Channel, Debit Card, Credit Card Company, Credit Card, Sales, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-05-15
Airlines Expanding Payment Options
Airlines are always looking for ways to cut costs. Distribution costs have been on the chopping block for years, but it's been only relatively recently that credit card fees have begun to move on to center stage. Credit cards are easily the most convenient way to pay...
Tags: Airline, Payment, Credit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2008-04-02
Coke Machines Go Cashless with MasterCard
Today MasterCard Worldwide and USA Technologies Inc. announced plans to install cashless payment terminals in 7,500 Coca-Cola vending machines within 8 markets (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Miami, New York and Seattle). Customers will be able to use traditional credit cards as well as MasterCard's PayPass. Thacher Worthen, Coca-Cola's...
Tags: MasterCard International, Credit Card, Coca-Cola Co., Payment, Financial Services, Sales Channel, MasterCard PayPass, Food & Beverage, Operational Accounting, Sales, Manufacturing, Finance, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-08-07
Britons Face Higher Credit Card Charges
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Consumers face higher rates and fees on credit cards as lenders battle rising bad debts, funding constraints and reduced appetite for borrowing, accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Monday.These changes, combined with rising regulatory and government scrutiny, would shake up the market and prove the current model based...
Tags: Card, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Credit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Barclaycard
News items 2009-11-09
Delta Says No to Cash, Yes to Credit Cards
Delta Air Lines announced today on its blog that it would no longer accept cash on Delta and Northwest flights in North America (that's including Central America and the Caribbean, its blog states, as if we didn't take sixth-grade social studies) starting Dec. 1 and instead will only take credit cards...
Tags: Credit Card, Delta, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Barbara E. Hernandez
Blog posts 2009-11-09
S.C.R.E.W.U. or the Safe Credit Revision Everyone Wins Undertaking
According to a new cartoon by Mark Fiore, an award-winning political animator who hangs out somewhere in the Bay Area, this is the program that credit card issuers have developed in response to the CARD (Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009) which is to...
Tags: Bank, Credit Card, Financial Services, Sales Channel, Finance, Sales, Marlys Harris
Blog posts 2009-11-09
U.S. Bancorp Looks to Expand Credit Card Business
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Bancorp USB, the sixth-largest U.S. bank by assets, is looking to expand its credit card business and is actively marketing its cards nationally, Chief Executive Richard Davis said at a conference on Tuesday.The Minneapolis-based bank, which has so far avoided serious loan losses during the...
Tags: U.S. Bancorp, Credit Card, Banking, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Finance, Sales, Us
News items 2009-11-10
Simmons First National Corporation, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Matt Olney, Stephens, Inc. Matt Olney, Stephens, Inc. With what you’re seeing on the past due trends, it sounds like you still expect charge offs to be south of the 3% range near term, is that fair? Thomas May I...
Tags: Call Transcript, Earnings, Stephens Inc., Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Seeking Alpha, Simmons First National Corp.
Earnings calls 2009-10-15
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. F4Q09 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Holden Lewis – BB&T Capital Markets. Holden Lewis – BB&T Capital Markets I wanted to touch on some of the stuff in the supplemental information that you provide. Specifically, discuss a little bit more the decline in the customer base....
Tags: Call Transcript, Customer, Earnings, MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Sales Channel, Advertising & Promotion, Team Management, Investment, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Sales, Marketing, Management, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-10-21
Common Sense Needed to Avoid Xmas Debt
With just nine weeks until Christmas, people should use their credit cards wisely to avoid starting 2010 with a debt hangover, a leading credit union says.Credit Union Australia chief executive Chris Whitehead said making a budget and planning for payments after the festive season was over could prevent people...
Tags: Credit Card, Debt, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, AAP
News items 2009-10-23
American Express Profit Beats Estimates
By Juan LagorioNEW YORK (Reuters) - American Express Co AXP posted stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday as the credit card company trimmed costs, consumer spending declined at a slower pace and credit losses were lower than forecasts."Overall billings have stabilized during the last few months and we saw indications that...
Tags: American Express Co., Sales Channel, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Us
News items 2009-10-23
Visa Q4 Profit Beats Estimates
By Juan LagorioNEW YORK (Reuters) - Visa Inc V posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday, as consumers used their debit cards more, and the company raised prices, sending shares up 2.4 percent.The world's largest payment network also authorized a $1 billion share repurchase plan, and said the decline in payment...
Tags: Revenue, Visa Inc., Payment, Analyst, Volume, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Sales Channel
News items 2009-10-27
Visa Profit Beats Estimates
By Juan LagorioNEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Visa Inc V posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday, as consumers used their debit cards more, and the company raised prices, sending shares up 2.4 percent.The world's largest payment network also authorized a $1 billion (610 million pound) share repurchase plan, and said...
Tags: Revenue, Visa Inc., Payment, Analyst, Volume, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Sales Channel
News items 2009-10-27
Mortgage Approvals Hit 18-mth High
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Mortgage approvals for house purchase rose faster than expected in September to their highest level since March 2008, but borrowing on credit cards fell to its lowest since last December, official data showed on Thursday.The Bank of England said mortgage approvals numbered 56,215 in September, up...
Tags: Credit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Bank, Oukbs
News items 2009-10-29
AmEx Says Can Issue $12.1 Billion More Under TALF
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Express Co AXP, the largest U.S. credit card company by purchases, said on Friday it was eligible to issue $12.1 billion more of securities under the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility plan, or TALF.The Federal Reserve launched TALF earlier this year to breathe life into...
Tags: Bank, Security, Federal Reserve Board, Credit Card Company, American Express Co., AmEx, Financial Services, Sales Channel
News items 2009-10-30
Many Homeowners Upped Debt on Low Rates
More than 75 per cent of homeowners took advantage of low interest rates to add to their mortgage loan or take on other forms of debt, a new survey has found.The poll by mortgage broker, Loan Market Group, found that 44 per cent of homeowners increased their home loan...
Tags: Credit Card, Interest Rate, Homeowner, Survey, Debt, Mortgages, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Sales Channel, Finance, Capital Structures, Sales, AAP
News items 2009-11-04
BofA: Credit Card Loss Rate Could Have Peaked in Q3
By Joe RauchCHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp's BAC credit card loss rate may have peaked in the third quarter, but it will remain elevated for a "substantial number of quarters," the bank's head of consumer banking said on Thursday.Bank of America, the largest U.S. bank, has...
Tags: Bank, Bank Of America Corp., Credit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Bank of America Corp.
News items 2009-11-05
Advanta Files For Bankruptcy Protection
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advanta Corp ADVNA, a small business credit card lender in the United States, said on Sunday it filed for bankruptcy protection after the economic crisis over the last two years devastated its small business customers.In the filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of...
Tags: Bankruptcy Protection, Credit Card, Small Business, Bankruptcy, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Litigation, Sales
News items 2009-11-08
Important Hints for Increasing Sales
In the busy times customer's choice to purchase may be based on how easy it is to make the purchase rather than price! This article explains some ideas to make your product or service easy for customers to purchase like accepting credit cards for payment, distributing free catalogs, providing a...
Tags: Product, Customer, Sales Strategy, Sales Channel, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Sales Force Management, Sales, Finance
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