Travelex Cash Passport Prepaid Foreign Currency Card Debuts.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-15 May 2008-Travelex Cash Passport Prepaid Foreign Currency Card Debuts(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Travelex Cash Passport, the first prepaid foreign currency card in the United States, launched on May 1. The card, which travelers load and lock-in their rate for British...

Dollar and Thrifty Gear Up with Florida Car Rental Promotion.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-9 June 2008-Dollar and Thrifty Gear Up with Florida Car Rental Promotion(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental, subsidiaries of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, said they are taking the stress out of summer travel in Florida. ...

Online rivals seek slice of remittance market. (Politics).
An estimated $800 million in remittances are sent annually by Cuban-Americans to their families and friends in Cuba. Getting that money to the island has spawned a lucrative business in itself. For a long time, independent services like Montreal's Antillas Express and Miami's Va Cuba were the...

For Everything Else, There's ...
IF you watch network television, you have probably seen the commercials. A man and a boy are going to a baseball game. The camera closes in on the boy's expectant face, then on the glove he pounds enthusiastically. We hear a voice-over: "Two tickets to the season opener: eighty-eight...

Barclays and AirTran Airways Team for New AirTran Airways A+ Business Card.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-8 August 2007-Barclays and AirTran Airways Team for New AirTran Airways A+ Business Card(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Barclays and AirTran Airways announced that they are now offering the new AirTran Airways A+ Business Card to small business customers. With already one...

Credit card awareness.
I had just paid my MasterCard bill the morning I read the letter from Ollie Ekstedt about WLI-Reservation Rewards [July/Aug. '07]. I had wondered at the time about what it was for, but decided it must be something my husband had purchased. However, after going back and checking my...

Director index.
Aldrin, Buzz, Neah Power Systems Inc. Austen, William F., Tennant Co. Batchelder, David H., Home Depot Inc. Bechhofer, David, Goodman Global Inc. Binderman, Gail, Sequa Corp. Binkley, Nicholas B., UnionBanCal Corp. Boehlert, Sherwood, TRC Companies Inc. ...

Froehlig and National Fulfillment charged with identity theft by Tennessee Attorney General: civil suit also names Howes, Entertainment America as part of alleged scheme to bilk at least 30,000 consumers.
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Tennessee Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr., filed a civil suit on Feb. 16 against long-time direct response industry fulfillment leader Rollie Froehlig, president, CEO and chairman of National Fulfillment, alleging that Froehlig, Ted Howes (the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer), National Fulfillment...

Contributing made easy.
Have you considered making your contribution to the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND online? For an easy, safe and secure way to make your gift via credit card, go to the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND website at www.mtnafoundation.org. With this option you can designate your donation to one or more of the...

Chase Launches Next Generation of Chase Freedom.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-19 September 2007-Chase Launches Next Generation of Chase Freedom(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Chase Card Services, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has rolled out the next generation of Chase Freedom, a rewards credit card offering triple rewards that are automatically adjusted based...