Card Briefs: 1st Tennessee to Process for BellSouth Service

First Tennessee Bank's merchant services division has signed an agreement to process credit card transactions for customers of BellSouth.net, BellSouth's Internet service.

BellSouth would not disclose its number of Internet subscribers. It charges $19.95 a month for unlimited service and $9.95 for up to 10 hours.

The telephone company serves nine states and 27 million customers in 18 countries.

First Tennessee also said Westin Hotels has renewed a two-year agreement for credit card processing at its properties in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.

The Memphis-based subsidiary of First Tennessee National Corp. processes about $9 billion in credit card sales a year.

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