ken@cup.portal.com (11/15/89)
The following item was excerpted from this week's Communication Week:
US Sprint will begin mailing next month a Sprint VISA card, which will
combine the functionality of a long distance calling card, a credit card
and an ATM card. Sprint will market the card which will be issued by
State Street Bank and Trust, Boston. Business travelers will receive a
single bill that list all their travel related expenses: hotel, meals
and phone calls. While payment for the phone charges will be done through
the regular VISA bill, call detail reports will appear on Sprint's standard
FONcard bill.
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It's unclear to me how this card will differ from any VISA card. Other
than the cross billing it appears to be the same. I guess Sprint could
do a positive lookup on the card number and see if it was a "Sprint"
VISA, but that seems terribly limiting. I suspect they will allow any
VISA to be used, but may suggest using their VISA for the cross
billing feature.
ken@cup.portal.com