Suntrust to offer Debit card. Mile for every $1
Jun 8, 2009, 7:56 pm
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Is the platinum card a credit card? If it is, I'd might be interested...I haven't heard of a platinum debit card.
Jun 8, 2009, 7:57 pm
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My Bank of America is a platinum debit card. It's common now.
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Jun 8, 2009, 8:35 pm
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Very Southeast-centric. If it was BoA I'd consider it (I currently have the US Airways BoA debit card dating back to the days when I was a US elite) but SunTrust's market doesn't really fit what I need. Now if they were to merge with another bank...I'd consider it.
Jun 8, 2009, 8:44 pm
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Southeast....AL, GA, FL, TN, SC, NC, VA, and maybe a few others. Heard from a friend who works at that bank, today, about these cards that are coming later this month, but she wouldn't give too many details, as she saw the announcement on the corp website but didn't see any public PR's about it yet. There's supposed to be bonus miles associated with signing up for the cards, up to 5,000 i think.
Sounds like DL will be partnering with several regional banks in their debit card offerings, that is if they are going national with that plan. If not, and they end up with another hometown exclusive partnership, all you heart-lander's, yank's, and left-coaster's will just have to start banking in God's country if you want one of these....
Sounds like DL will be partnering with several regional banks in their debit card offerings, that is if they are going national with that plan. If not, and they end up with another hometown exclusive partnership, all you heart-lander's, yank's, and left-coaster's will just have to start banking in God's country if you want one of these....
Jun 8, 2009, 8:48 pm
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I don't understand why they wouldn't choose a bank like Wells Fargo which has branches in almost every state. According to the Wikipedia SunTrust doesn't even manage their card portfolio, they have a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska manage it. FNN also does cards for some of the foreign Airlines such as JAL.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, DC.
I don't understand why they wouldn't choose a bank like Wells Fargo which has branches in almost every state. According to the Wikipedia SunTrust doesn't even manage their card portfolio, they have a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska manage it. FNN also does cards for some of the foreign Airlines such as JAL.
Jun 8, 2009, 8:51 pm
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moderator might need to step in before this sort of thread turns into a financial stock discussion. most of the folks in the banking and investing world have speculated about this and countless other banks for years...
Jun 8, 2009, 8:52 pm
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I don't understand why they wouldn't choose a bank like Wells Fargo which has branches in almost every state. According to the Wikipedia SunTrust doesn't even manage their card portfolio, they have a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska manage it. FNN also does cards for some of the foreign Airlines such as JAL.
Jun 8, 2009, 8:54 pm
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Sounds like DL will be partnering with several regional banks in their debit card offerings, that is if they are going national with that plan. If not, and they end up with another hometown exclusive partnership, all you heart-lander's, yank's, and left-coaster's will just have to start banking in God's country if you want one of these....
Of course, I wouldn't be shocked at a bank merger - simply because I can't keep track of how many bank mergers have happened over the past year.
Jun 8, 2009, 8:55 pm
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Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8830/4.2.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)
It's been a 'rumor' (not well kept) around Suntrust corporate for the past few weeks, but it was offically posted on the company wide intranet today.
Originally Posted by nwa330
it's coming trust me. give it 1 week.
Jun 8, 2009, 8:56 pm
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Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, DC.
I don't understand why they wouldn't choose a bank like Wells Fargo which has branches in almost every state. According to the Wikipedia SunTrust doesn't even manage their card portfolio, they have a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska manage it. FNN also does cards for some of the foreign Airlines such as JAL.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, DC.
I don't understand why they wouldn't choose a bank like Wells Fargo which has branches in almost every state. According to the Wikipedia SunTrust doesn't even manage their card portfolio, they have a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska manage it. FNN also does cards for some of the foreign Airlines such as JAL.
Jun 8, 2009, 8:58 pm
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