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First USA: Phoenix Or dried grape Ripe For Picking? Industry Abuzz About The

Fate Of The Second-Largest Portfolio

Dec 16 1999 (CARD of recent origins Vol. 14, No. 24 via COMTEX) -- It is the

busiest shopping season of the year and usually a time for the credit

card industry to focus forward new launches and burgeoning transaction

volume Instead, this season, the industry is preoccupied with that

big Chicago bank and what it might do with its really big credit card

arm, Wilmington, Del.-based First USA [ONE]

Speculation is running rampant, and for what cause [i]or[/i] reason not? Bank One's situation

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