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Stanchart to introduce Visa Infinite card

By Kofi AHOVI
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) plans to introduce a new form of visa card in Ghana by next month.

The card will also be introduced in seven other African markets where the bank operates.

The Visa Infinite Card is the most prestigious premium debit card currently being offered by Visa International. Stanchart is the only bank in Ghana to offer this card.

The card offers unparalleled features and benefits, including much higher spending limits and the widest acceptability of all visa debit cards, provides access to a wide range of lifestyle, travel, shopping and entertainment benefits, as well as provides access to a concierge service which allows the holder to outsource a wide range of otherwise time consuming tasks great and small from airline bookings to restaurant reservations.

Currently, the card is being offered exclusively by invitation only to Stanchart’s priority banking customers. A customer needs to have a minimum balance of GH¢75,000 in order to sign for this card.

Priority banking targets premium customers in Ghana. According to the Global Competitive report-2009, at least one million Ghanaians have US$18,000 in investable assets.

Stanchart’s strategy is to provide customized solutions to its clients based on their identified needs and aspirations to specific segments in the market.

It plans to do this through friendly, fast and accurate service, by providing solutions to financial needs.

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