Preferred Rewards
After completing a four-month nationwide rollout of its Preferred Rewards program in October, Bank of America launched a major advertising campaign this week to round up more enrollees.
BofA Preferred Rewards
Bank of America has expanded it Preferred Rewards program to Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. This is part of a four-wave national rollout of the program that began in June and will be completed by the end of September.
Bank of America extends Preferred Rewards program
Preferred Rewards is now available for clients in California, Oregon, Arizona and Idaho. Clients with a Bank of America personal checking account and a three-month average combined balance of $20,000 or more across their checking, savings and/or Merrill Edge® investment accounts can enroll. And, as clients’ combined balances grow, so do their benefits and rewards. With a three-tier structure – Gold, Platinum and Platinum Honors – clients have additional opportunities to earn, save and get more back based on their tier. There is no fee to enroll in the Preferred Rewards program for qualified Bank of America clients. Onca clients. Clients’ three-month average balance will be reviewed monthly for the opportunity to achieve additional benefits.
Citi Unveils Anwhere Mobile Banking App
Citi launched its Mobile Snapshot, allowing customers to view deposit and credit card balances and recent transactions without having to log into their accounts. This follows a successful beta test conducted with customers over the past three months. Citi banking and credit card customers who choose to enroll in Citi Mobile Snapshot will have instant access to their basic account information. The new feature will help enrolled banking and credit card customers monitor their accounts on-the-go by displaying balances and the 15 most recent transactions without requiring a log-in every time. The introduction of Citi Mobile Snapshot feature is part of the complete redesign of the Citi Mobile app launched earlier this year. The new app, enabled for iPhone® and Android™ devices, provides U.S. banking and credit card customers with new and enhanced mobile account management capabilities.
Consumer Delinquencies Plummet
The improving health of U.S. consumers, according to the latest index results from Fitch Ratings, has seen delinquencies plunge to new lows. In conjunction with a five-year high for consumer confidence in May, U.S. consumers continue to chip away at their debt, which impacts credit card ABS performance. Fitch anticipates stability in credit card ABS…
Consumers Button Up On Paying Down Cards
Fitch’s Prime Credit Card Chargeoff Index declined 30 basis points (bps) in February to a six year low of 3.88% from 4.18%. Chargeoff rates improved to 26% lower from the same period last year while delinquencies declined to 1.61%, the lowest level since index inception. Meanwhile late stage delinquencies are 65% below peak levels clocked…
Credit Card Chargeoffs Improve 22% Y/Y
U.S. credit card ABS chargeoffs rebounded in December after 6 months of declines while delinquencies continued decline, according to Fitch Ratings. Payments 60+ Day Delinquent dropped 10 basis points (bps) after coming to a halt for the last three months, down 1.63% to a new historical low, pushing late stage delinquencies 64% below peak 2009…
November Delinquency Rate Regains Lost Ground From October
After 12-months of straight improvement having snapped in October, Fitch’s 60+ Day Delinquency Index made up ground and improved one basis point (bp) to 1.70% in November. With this, late payments are down more than 26% year-over-year- the second lowest rate in any given month since the inception of Fitch’s index in 1991. Fitch’s Prime…
Card Delinquencies Up First Time in 12 mos, COFs Continue Decline
U.S. credit card delinquencies for the first time in a year increased, according to the latest Fitch Ratings Credit Card Performance Index. This immediately follows a new five-year low in October as late stage delinquencies were up two basis points to 1.71%. Regardless, late payments have remained well below the 3% average on the prime…
fred’s Super Dollar, American Express Team on Card Acceptance
American Express and fred’s Super Dollar, including 339 full-service pharmacies, operating in the Southeastern United States, will launch a special three-month American Express Cardmember offer beginning in September to celebrate the recent card acceptance agreement between the two companies. From September 1, 2012 through November 30, 2012, American Express® Cardmembers can earn a one-time $10 statement credit by using their synced American Express® Card to make a single purchase of at least $30 in-store at any fred’s Super Dollar location.
Fundtech and HDFC Bank Win Asian Banker Award
Fundtech global transaction banking solutions announced its “Global CASHplus” won The Asian Banker’s award for Best Corporate Payments Implementation Project. The solution provides a real-time web services-based channel, which enables the bank’s partners to aggregate remittance transactions and send them to HDFC Bank in a secure environment. The Global CASHplus provides a high degree of automation replacing many time-consuming manual processes, automated transaction initiation, automated acknowledgement, rejections where necessary and online transaction status. It provides cash management, financial supply chain and trade, and remittances solution. The platform offers an integrated suite of features with rich functionality and scalability that is deployed on a modular basis.
Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards Sees Growth Across All Sectors
First Data Corporation released its “SpendTrend Closed-Loop” Prepaid Cards analysis for the month of November. Tracking U.S. same-merchant activations and redemptions of merchant-branded prepaid cards including spending, gift, incentive and promotional cards. Activation transaction growth led the way in November with year-over-year activation transaction growth at 12.3%. Specialty Retailers saw activation transaction growth of 19.4% growth in November. Casual Dining and Quick Service Restaurants also posted double-digit growth increases in November. Meanwhile, activation dollar volume rebounded in November with an overall growth of 16.7%, reversing a three-month slowdown of growth.