ADVISORY/Photo of new "smart" credit card is available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and Business Wire's Web Site.Photo/Business Editors/Financial Writers ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) The photo is BW2 on AP PhotoExpress. The photo is on Business Wire's Web Site at http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.091200/bw2 Photo caption reads: SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000 The future is clear. A new "smart" credit card, molded of space-age clear plastic and sporting an embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. computer chip, will soon be making its way to American homes and delivering greater online security, convenience and style. Providian Financial Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PVN (Private Virtual Network) See VPN. ), the nation's fifth largest bankcard issuer, today became the first bank in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to announce that it will issue a "smart" Visa-branded credit card nationally. CONTACT: Providian Financial Corporation, Alan Elias, 415/278-4189 (alan_elias@providian.com) See Business Wire story 0034 for more information. |
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