The world's favorite card. More than 57 million cards in circulation and growing! Around US $ 123 billion was spent last year through American Express Cards and it is poised to be the world's No. 1 card in the near future. In a regressive US economy last year, the total amount spent on American Express cards rose by 4 percent. American Express cards are especially popular in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia and are used widely in the retail and everyday spend categories.

Carte Blanche was a minor credit card that was acquired by Citibank and phased out of service. In 2000, the Carte Blanche name was revived when Diners Club, which was also acquired by Citibank, introduced an upscale version of its card: the Diners Club Carte Blanche Card. It is an upper-level charge card on par with the American Express Platinum card. The card carries a US$300 annual fee and offers an extensive menu of perks geared toward affluent travelers. It is accepted wherever regular Diners Club cards are accepted and is very popular with the corporates.

The world's No. 1 Charge Card. Diners Club cardholders reside all over the world and the Diners Card is an old corporate favorite. There are more than 8 million Diners Club cardholders. They are affluent and are frequent travelers in premier businesses and institutions, including Fortune 500 companies and leading global corporations.

Discover® Network is a business unit of Discover Financial Services LLC. It is the largest independent Credit Card Network in the United States. It supports a proprietary card base of 50 million Cardholders, as well as other third party issuers of credit, signature debit, prepaid cards and commercial cards connecting with over 4 million merchant and cash access locations throughout North America and the Caribbean.

JCB (Japan Credit Bureau), which launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding overseas in 1981, is an international brand and the largest card issuer and merchant acquirer in Japan. Its merchant network of 7.96 million spans 183 countries, and serves more than 38 million cardholders worldwide. These cardholders spend US$ 42 billion annually on their JCB cards. More information about JCB can be found at www.jcbinternational.com

MasterCard International is a global payments company with one of the most recognized and respected brands in the world. With 32 million acceptance locations, no payment card is more widely accepted globally than MasterCard. Last year, MasterCard handled transactions worth US Dollar 285 billion.

The world's most preferred card. There are more than one billion cards in circulation, with unsurpassed acceptance in more than 150 countries. Visa-branded cards generate US Dollar 2.4 trillion in annual card sales volume. Nearly half of this in US alone.

MasterCard International is a global payments company with one of the most recognized and respected brands in the world. MasterCard® is accepted around the world at retail outlets and ATM machines, where you see the MasterCard (or Maestro®/Cirrus®) sign. Currently, you can use your card in more than 22 million locations worldwide. With 32 million acceptance locations, no payment card is more widely accepted globally than MasterCard.

Maestro: Maestro is MasterCard International's lead debit brand and offers over 540 million cardholders highly secure and convenient access to their current and deposit accounts in over 100 countries across the world.

Cirrus: Cirrus is a worldwide interbank network operated by MasterCard Worldwide, and was founded in 1986. It links MasterCard, Maestro, Diners Club credit, debit and prepaid cards to a network of over 1,000,000 ATMs in 93 countries. In India, the Cirrus network serves as a local interbank network as well as an international network.

Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments in more than 200 countries and territories, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. It is the world's most preferred card. There are more than one billion cards in circulation, with unsurpassed acceptance in more than 150 countries. Visa-branded cards generate US Dollar 2.4 trillion in annual card sales volume. Nearly half of this in US alone.

Visa Electron: In the 1980s, VISA introduced Visa Electron. This debit or credit card is available across most of the world and is a sister card to the Visa Debit card. The difference between Visa Electron and Visa Debit is that payments with Visa Electron require that all the funds be available at the time of transfer. Visa Debit cards, on the other hand, allow transfers exceeding available funds up to a certain limit.

Visa PLUS: Plus or Visa PLUS is an interbank network that covers all VISA credit, debit, and prepaid cards, as well as ATM cards issued by various banks worldwide. Currently, there are 144 million proprietary PLUS cards, not including a number of cards that have PLUS as a secondary network.

Canara Bank is one of the premier banks in the country, accredited with umpteen distinctions. The present stature of the Bank is due to its strong fundamentals and quality customer orientations. Profit making since inception, the Bank today epitomizes a perfect blend of commercial and social banking.

The Bank has carved a niche in providing IT-based services. With 100% computerization of the branches, the bank provides a wide array of services, such as, Networked ATMs, Anywhere Banking, Tele-banking, Remote Access Terminals Internet & Mobile Banking, Debit Card etc. The Bank was the first among banks to launch networked ATMs and obtain ISO Certification.

Citibank is a member company of Citigroup, the largest and the most diversified provider of financial services in the world. With its 103-year old history, it is one of the leading international banks with a history of innovation and customer service and an outstanding track record of business milestones.

In India , it was the pioneer in consumer banking - the first to introduce focused consumer lending programs and electronic banking - has made significant investments in technology. Today, it provides a comprehensive range of financial services including treasury management, transaction services, securities custodianship, foreign exchange, fixed income and equities sales and trading, and corporate finance to corporate clients, governments and financial institutions. It operates in 25 offices and branches across 18 cities. It is the largest issuer of credit cards and offer mortgages, personal loans, insurance, and investment services for on-shore customers.

Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) was founded on February 10th 1937. It provides specialized banking services to its retail customers that include Any Branch Banking, ATM Banking, Speedy Transfer and Realization Service and Bond Schemes.

Indian Overseas Bank’s India presence is a well-networked branch system spanning the country with 1847 branches and 51 extension counters in major cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Noida, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Coimbatore, Pune, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Kolkata. It also has a presence in key trade centres of the world like Singapore, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Germany.

Established in 1895 at Lahore, undivided India, Punjab National Bank (PNB) has the distinction of being the first bank to have been started solely with Indian capital. From its modest beginning, the bank has grown in size and stature to become a front-line banking institution in India. Punjab National Bank (PNB) today, serves over 37 million satisfied retail and corporate banking customers through 4589 offices, including 322 Extension Counters.

PNB operates at the cutting edge of technology for its customers and offers innovative services to its customers, such as Free Tele-banking / Fax Banking facility, and Centralized Banking Solution (CBS), an inter-branch networking and data sharing platform which makes 'Anytime Anywhere ' banking a reality for its customers. It has also launched a Debit/ATM card which can be accessed at 1516 ATMs PNB ATMS and 21500 other ATMs through tie-ups with other Banks.

State Bank Of India (SBI) is owned by the Government of India and is the largest bank in the Indian subcontinent. If one measures by the number of branch offices (10,000 + as on March, 2008), SBI is the second largest bank in the world. SBI, the oldest commercial bank in the Indian subcontinent, is also present in 32 countries, where it has 84 offices serving the international needs of the bank's foreign and Indian customers. In recent years, the bank has sought to expand its overseas operations by buying foreign banks. It is the only Indian bank to feature in the top 100 world banks in the Fortune Global 500 rating and various other rankings. According to the Forbes 2000 listing it tops all Indian companies. With an asset base of $126 billion and its reach, it is a regional banking behemoth.

Union Bank of India was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi more than eight decades ago. It is a Public Sector Unit with 55.43% Share Capital held by the Government of India.

The Union Bank of India has more than 950 branches and extension counters. It has a large network of approximately 659 ATMs spread across the country. In addition to regular banking facilities, Union Bank of India customers can also avail a variety of other services like Online Tele-banking facilities, Cash Management Service, Insurance, Mutual Funds, Demat etc.