In Brief: First Union Sells Secured Card Portfolio

Orchard Federal Savings Bank bought First Union Corp.'s secured credit card portfolio, which it had been managing and servicing since 1996.

First Union said the portfolio has $20 million of receivables.

Orchard Federal Savings, a subprime lender and a subsidiary of Renaissance Holdings Inc., will continue to issue secured cards on behalf of First Union, said Alison Swann-Ingram, an Orchard spokeswoman.

Orchard also issues subprime cards for Household International Inc. and Bally's Total Fitness, which offers a MasterCard card to its members.

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