I just got off the phone with the MBNA fraud department. (My card was part of a potential merchant leak, so they wanted to issue me a new number. I told them just to cancel the account since I haven't used it since they took the on-line access away).
Take this news for what it's worth, since I doubt call centre staff is privy to much confidential information, but he said that he had heard that the Alaska account was sold to RBC at the same time as the Shoppers business. So fingers crossed that RBC will indeed come out with a new and improved card soon.
Last edited by Toronto1970; Sep 19, 2012 at 10:29 pm
Reason: fixed typo