Card Briefs: SunTrust Plans Card For Gibson Guitar

SunTrust Banks Inc.'s bank card unit and Gibson Guitar Corp. are marketing a cobranded MasterCard.

The no-annual-fee card, to be available in mid-August, has a 7.9% introductory rate that jumps after five months to prime plus 8.9%. Rebates will be offered for music-related products and services.

"Gibson is an icon in the musical instrument industry, like Harley- Davidson for motorcycles," said Leslie Dukker Doty, senior vice president and director of marketing for the SunTrust unit. "There is no affinity card or cobranded card in the musical instrument category at this time."

SunTrust BankCard and MasterCard said they will donate $10,000 to Operation Smile, a Nashville-based charity supporting children who need surgery for facial deformities.

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