Card Briefs: Honor Network Owner In Phone Card Project

Southeast Switch Inc., owner of the Honor electronic banking network, has hired BLT Technologies Inc. of Vancouver, Wash., to produce prepaid telephone cards and market them to banks.

The cards can bear the name and logo of the bank. BLT will provide cards, promotional materials, marketing support, and training.

BLT has been in business since 1989. Its most popular product, Talk'n Toss, is available at more than 21,000 retail locations nationwide.

Separately, BLT said it struck a similar agreement with Universal ATM Network, Sacramento, Calif. The merchant services provider will resell the cards at its 5,000 merchant locations.

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