Starbucks Card Duetto(TM) Visa Honored by Business Week
December 08 2003 - 3:20PM
PR Newswire (US)
Starbucks Card Duetto(TM) Visa Honored by Business Week Starbucks,
Bank One, Visa U.S.A. deliver one of the 'Best Products of 2003'
SEATTLE and WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The
Starbucks Card Duetto(TM) Visa, launched earlier this year by
Starbucks Coffee Company , Bank One and Visa U.S.A., was recognized
by Business Week as one of the "Best Products of 2003." (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030116/NYTH053LOGO ) The
Duetto(TM) Card is the only financial services product to be
recognized among a traditional list of honorees such as
automobiles, hi-tech PDAs, digital cameras and sporting goods
equipment. "This is the most significant innovation in terms of
card products since the introduction of co-branding in the late
'80s," said John Gould, the director of consumer lending and
bankcards at the Tower Group. The first-of-its-kind Duetto(TM) Card
provides Starbucks aficionados with rewards as part of the first
formal customer appreciation program. Cardmembers enjoy the
dual-functionality of a Visa credit card combined with the
re-loadable Starbucks Card, making it convenient to pay, reload,
earn and redeem rewards with one card. Cardmembers earn one percent
back in Duetto(TM) Dollars that are automatically loaded onto their
Starbucks Card Account after each billing cycle. Duetto(TM) Dollars
can be used to purchase anything at Starbucks locations including
beverages, food and store merchandise. Additionally, cardmembers
will receive special Starbucks gifts and benefits with Starbucks
Card Account purchases throughout the year and Starbucks will
contribute $5 to the Starbucks Foundation after each cardmember's
first Duetto(TM) Card Visa purchase. The first recipient of the
Starbucks Foundation donation will be Jumpstart, a national
non-profit organization that recruits and trains college students
to serve in a year-long mentoring relationship with preschool
children from low-income communities. Consumers may apply for the
Duetto(TM) Card by visiting http://www.starbucksduetto.com/ , a
Starbucks retail store or by calling Bank One at 888-894-0032.
Media and consumers may find more information about the Starbucks
Card Duetto(TM) Visa, including downloadable card art at
http://www.duettopressroom.com/ . Starbucks Coffee Company is the
leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee in the
world, with more than 7,000 retail locations in North America,
Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. The
Company is committed to offering the highest quality coffee and the
Starbucks Experience while conducting its business in ways that
produce social, environmental and economic benefits for communities
in which it does business. In addition to its retail operations,
the Company produces and sells bottled Frappuccino(R) coffee
drinks, Starbucks DoubleShot(TM) coffee drink, and a line of
superpremium ice creams through its joint venture partnerships. The
Company's brand portfolio provides a wide variety of consumer
products. Tazo Tea's line of innovative premium teas and Hear
Music's exceptional compact discs enhance the Starbucks Experience
through best-of-class products. The Seattle's Best Coffee(R) and
Torrefazione Italia(R) Coffee brands enable Starbucks to appeal to
a broader consumer base by offering an alternative variety of
coffee flavor profiles. Bank One Corporation is the nation's
sixth-largest bank holding company, with assets of nearly $290
billion. Bank One currently has more than 51 million credit cards
issued and it is the largest Visa card issuer in the world. Bank
One offers a full range of financial services to large corporate
and middle market commercial customers and retail consumers. This
press release and more information can be found on the Web at
http://www.bankone.com/ . Visa is the world's leading payment brand
and largest consumer payment system, enabling banks to provide
their consumer and merchant customers with a wide variety of
payment alternatives. Nearly 21,000 financial institutions
worldwide rely on Visa's processing system, VisaNet, to facilitate
$2.5 trillion in annual transaction volume with virtually 100
percent reliability. Consumers in more than 150 countries carry
more than one billion Visa-branded cards, accepted at millions of
locations worldwide. Within the U.S., nearly 14,000 financial
institutions issue 396 million Visa cards, accounting for more than
$1 trillion in annual transaction volume. Visa offers a trusted,
reliable and convenient way to access and mobilize financial
resources - anytime, anywhere, anyway. For more information about
Visa, please visit http://www.visa.com/ . *Starbucks, the Starbucks
logo, Duetto Card, Frappuccino, Starbucks DoubleShot and Hear Music
are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Starbucks U.S.
Brands in the United States and of Starbucks Corporation in other
countries. Visa and the Visa logo are registered trademarks of Visa
USA. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030116/NYTH053LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Bank One CONTACT: David J.
Chamberlin of Bank One, +1-302-282-5547, , or Kristine
Jimenez-Ortiz of Starbucks Coffee Company, +1-206-318-5955, , or
Joe Carberry of Visa U.S.A., +1-415-932-2564, Web site:
http://www.duettopressroom.com/ http://www.starbucksduetto.com/
http://www.visa.com/ http://www.bankone.com/
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