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PAYROLL MASTERCARD (12/19/01)
FULL STORY:
A new credit card linked to your paycheck is in the works. The e-Duction
MasterCard enables employees to access a credit line based on their salary and
to spread out their purchases up to six months, interest-free. Credit limits
are set at 2.5% of annual gross salary. With the e-Duction MasterCard,
employees can "e-Duct" their purchases from future paychecks. For example, an
employee purchasing a $200 camera, will have $50 deducted from each of the
next
four biweekly paychecks. The start-up firm behind the new payroll MasterCard
received its third round of funding this week, raising a total of $26 million
to-date. Investors include the largest credit card processor, First Data, and
venture capital firm, RRE Ventures, which is led by James Robinson, former CEO
of American Express. In July, VISA rolled out its Payroll debit card through
Bank of America, Bank One, First Tennessee, FleetBoston and U.S. Bancorp. The
VISA Payroll Card program is a prepaid debit card which requires employers to
set-up individual accounts at a participating financial institution for each
employee. For more information on the new payroll MasterCard visit
http://www.e-duction.com.
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