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.

Axis Bank was the first of the new private banks to have begun operations in 1994, after the Government of India allowed new private banks to be established. Its Registered Office is at Ahmedabad and Central Office is located at Mumbai.

Axis Bank is well-known for its strengths in both retail and corporate banking and its commitment towards adopting the best industry practices internationally in order to achieve excellence. Presently, the Bank has a very wide network of more than 596 branch offices and Extension Counters. The Bank has a network of over 2502 ATMs providing 24 hrs a day banking convenience to its customers. This is one of the largest ATM networks in the country.

Established in 1908, Bank of Baroda is the sixth largest bank in India. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialized subsidiaries and affiliates in the areas of investment banking, credit cards and asset management.

The Bank of Baroda provides these services in India through its network of over 2800 branches and offices, and 1000+ ATMs. It also has a strong international presence with a network of 72 offices in 25 countries, 6 subsidiaries and 4r representative offices.

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.

In 1906, Corporation Bank (Corp Bank) was established in Udupi, Karnataka. It is the No. 1 Public Sector Bank in India. In the past 100 years, the Bank has created a unique history of successful Banking and has stood the test of time by growing steadily, offering vast, varied and versatile services with a personal touch.

Corporation Bank has services in different segments like Personal Segment, Trade and Commercial Segment, Small Scale Industry, Large and Medium Industrial Units, Non-Resident Indians, Housing Sector and Export & Import Segment. Presently, the Bank has a network of 943 Branches, 35 Extension Counters and 19 Currency Chests covering 24 states and 2 union territories of the country. The Bank has 933 online-interconnected ATMs spread across the country.

With a presence in 75 countries and an asset base of Euro 964 billion, Deutsche Bank is one of the leading banks in the world. For the last 135 years Deutsche Bank has offered financial solutions to demanding customers in the world’s most dynamic markets.

Deutsche Bank entered the Indian market over 25 years ago and since then has made a mark in global markets, investment banking, global equities, asset management, corporate and transaction banking and private wealth management. Today, Deutsche Bank is highly respected all over the world by individuals and corporates alike for its strong advisory approach and innovative banking services.

Established in August 1994, HDFC (Housing Development Finance Corporation) Bank Limited offers a wide range of commercial and transactional banking services and treasury products to wholesale and retail customers. This includes working capital finance, trade services, transactional services, cash management etc. It also is a leading provider of structured solutions, which combine cash management services with vendor and distributor finance for facilitating superior supply chain management for its corporate customers. Moreover, it hosts a wide array of retail loan products like Auto Loans, Loans against marketable securities, Personal Loans and Loans for Two-wheelers.

HDFC backs its products with world-class service through 531 branches spread over 228 cities across India , 1054 networked ATMs which can be accessed by all domestic and international Visa/MasterCard, Visa Electron/Maestro, Plus/Cirrus and American Express Credit/Charge cardholders. They also offer their customers Telephone Banking facilities in over 120 locations.

ICICI bank merger with ICICI Limited has made it the second biggest financial entity in the country, second only to the state Bank of India. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels, specialized subsidiaries and affiliates in the areas of investment banking, life and non-life insurance, venture capital and asset management. Its customers can avail these services through its large network of 573 branches and extensions counters and over 2000 ATM's.

Currently, ICICI Bank also has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom , Canada and Russia , branches in Singapore and Bahrain and representative offices in the United States , China , United Arab Emirates , Bangladesh and South Africa.

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.

In 1930, ING Vysya Bank Ltd. was established. Today, it is a premier bank in the Indian Private Sector. ING Vysya gained recognition for adapting its integrated approach of banking, insurance and asset management. It also offers its customers various services - accounts and deposits, loans, wealth management, cards, payment services, small and medium enterprises, agricultural and rural banking. It also has Internet Banking, mi-b@nk and Customer Service Line for Phone Banking Service.

As of March 31st 2008, ING Vysya has 407 branches, 39 ECs, 28 Satellite Offices and 203 ATMs across the country. At international level bank has presence in countries such as Korea, Taiwan, Hungary, Poland, Mexico and Chile. Bank has opened life insurance companies in these countries.

Established in 1916, Karur Vysya Bank Limited is popularly known as KVB. It is professionally managed and guided by the Board of Directors drawn from different fields with vision, experience, knowledge and business acumen. The aim of the bank is to delight their customers continually by blending tradition with technology to deliver innovative products and services at affordable rates.

Today, Karur Vysya Bank has grown from a regional bank, it has spread its wings wide and has over 288 branches in 13 States and 2 Union Territories and an ATM network of 291. The bank also plans to improve the branch network to over 320 by the end of the financial year 2008-09.

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.

Standard Chartered Bank was formed in 1969 through the merger of Standard Bank of South Africa and Chartered Bank of India, China and Australia. The bank headquarters are situated in London with operations in more than 70 countries with more than 1,700 branches and 73,000 strong workforce. The India operations of Standard Chartered Bank originated in Kolkata, but the headquarters are now in Mumbai with Kolkata branch as a key associate. The bank has a wide product portfolio catering to its huge customer base spread across India. Standard Chartered Bank offers sophisticated banking and financial products and is regarded as one of the most prominent and customer friendly banks in India. The bank operates through 82 branches and 210 ATMs spread across India. Further, the bank facilitates its customers with 24X7, 21 card helpline centers and 29 phone banking facilitation centers, across India.