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Fifth Third Bank Issues World Debit MasterCard to Bring Enhanced Value to Customers’ Everyday Spending


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Debit Card Offers Enhanced Rewards, Exclusive Offers and Greater Consumer Protections
Purchase, N.Y.- MasterCard Worldwide today announced that Fifth Third Bank is now issuing the World Debit™ MasterCard® card, the industry’s only premium debit card that provides U.S. consumers with access to enhanced rewards, unique offers and savings opportunities and greater purchase protection. By offering World Debit MasterCard to its customers, Fifth Third Bank is now providing a custom-tailored debit product that meets the unique, everyday spending needs of its high-spend and reward-seeking debit cardholders.

MasterCard Worldwide today announced that Fifth Third Bank is now issuing the World Debit™ MasterCard® card, the industry’s only premium debit card that provides U.S. consumers with access to enhanced rewards, unique offers and savings opportunities and greater purchase protection. By offering World Debit MasterCard to its customers, Fifth Third Bank is now providing a custom-tailored debit product that meets the unique, everyday spending needs of its high-spend and reward-seeking debit cardholders.

World Debit MasterCard cardholders are eligible for exclusive rewards offerings, including an exceptional rewards point program, and premium access to the MasterCard Savings™ program, an innovative savings program that provides U. S. consumer debit and prepaid MasterCard cardholders with significant merchant-funded discounts and special offers from thousands of merchants across the country. In addition, they can enjoy enhanced built-in security features and consumer protections for greater peace of mind when shopping. The Fifth Third Bank World Debit MasterCard also features access to Priceless.com/World, through which cardholders gain unique access to events and games and can take advantage of exclusive opportunities for hotels, shopping and travel.

Groch adds, “The Fifth Third Bank World Debit MasterCard also is a key feature of the Bank’s new Rewards Checking package, offering customers reward points for their everyday banking activity including debit card purchases and direct deposits to their checking account.”

“Consumers today are turning to their debit cards, instead of cash and check, for everyday purchases,” said Patricia Preston, senior vice president, U.S. Debit Product Management and Development, MasterCard Worldwide. “By adding the World Debit MasterCard to its debit portfolio, Fifth Third Bank will accelerate this trend for its high-usage cardholders, by further increasing the benefits that paying with a debit card provides to this important customer segment.”

The World Debit MasterCard card is designed to maximize the benefits realized by high-spend and reward-seeking consumers who choose debit as their method of payment. Like other financial demographics, these consumers are increasingly turning to debit cards for their everyday purchases to help manage their spending. Debit remains among the fastest growing forms of payment as consumers continue to migrate to electronic payments and away from cash and checks.

Features of the Fifth Third World Debit MasterCard include:

* Enhanced rewards program – Cardholders can earn one point for every $1 spent on signature purchases, and enjoy no limit on how many rewards points they can earn each year.
* When combined with the Fifth Third Rewards Checking account, customers also can earn one point for every $10 in direct deposits to their checking account. MasterCard Savings Plus™ - World Debit MasterCard cardholders gain premium-level access to MasterCard Savings, which provides Debit MasterCard cardholders with merchant-funded discounts and benefits, such as limited-time offers, free shipping and hundreds of special offers each day from thousands of merchants (standard access is free to all U.S. consumer Debit MasterCard cardholders). Premium-level access, a $29.95 annual value that is included in this program, enables World Debit MasterCard cardholders to take advantage of enhanced savings (ranging from 20 percent to 50 percent), as well as special events. (www.savings.mastercard.com)
* Personal security benefits – including Zero Liability to prevent cardholder liability in the event of unauthorized use of a card, ID Theft Resolution that provides credit bureau notification, ID Theft Affidavit and other services, and Wallet Protection for reporting and locking out lost or stolen cards.*
* Purchasing peace of mind – in the form of programs for Purchase Assurance, Satisfaction Guarantee, Price Protection and Extended Warranty.*

*Certain terms and conditions apply.



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