First Equity Card Corporation

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First Equity Card Corporation is an American credit card provider based in Columbus, Georgia, U.S.A. specializing in the provision of bankcards to the nation’s small businesses. [>cite web
url= http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2161759
title= Business Week - First Equity Card Corp.
accessdate= 2008-04-10
language= English ] First Equity is both a certified Visa small business card provider and a participant in the MasterCard Worldwide and the MasterCard International Payments System. [cite web
url= http://usa.visa.com/business/cards/card_providers_all.jsp?it=c|/business/index.html|Card%20Providers%20List
title= Visa Card Providers
accessdate= 2008-04-10
language= English ] [cite web
url= http://www.mastercard.com/us/business/en/smallbiz/findacard/findacard.html
title= MasterCard Find-A-Card
accessdate= 2008-04-10
language= English ]

Founded in 2001, the company’s early growth was funded by investors that included former executives at Capital One, MBNA and Renaissance. [ cite web
url= http://www.e-duction.com/html/pdf/nilson_11_02.pdf
title= The Nilson Report
accessdate= 2008-04-10
language= English ] In 2002, First Equity selected a leading commercial card processor, TSYS, to handle its growing processing needs. [cite press release |title= First Equity Card Looks to TSYS for Turnkey Solutions |publisher= TSYS |date= September 3, 2002|url= http://www.tsys.com/news/press_release_article.cfm?News_ID=63&year=2002 |language= English|accessdate= 2008-04-10 ] Over the years, First Equity has continued to grow rapidly, building its small business customer base on a nationwide basis. The firm has forged relationships with partners such as Mall Networks and Affinity Marketing Group in order to provide its customers with valuable discounts and cash rewards. [cite press release
title = First Equity Selects Mall Networks to Launch New Rewards Program For Credit Card Holders
publisher = MallNetworks.com
date = December 11, 2006
language = English
url = http://www.mallnetworks.com/news-events/pressreleases/20061211.html
accessdate = 2008-04-10 ] [cite web
url= http://www.affinitymg.com/venturecapital.php
title= Affinity Marketing Group Venture Capital
accessdate= 2008-04-10 ]

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* [http://www.firstequitycard.com First Equity Card Corporation] Official Website