Article: Debit cards trumpeted as way to add volume. (American Bankers Association conference)

WASHINGTON - The advent of debit cards was a major theme of the national bank card conference here this week.

Visa U.S.A. used the American Bankers Association gathering to unveil to the national press a Gallup poll indicating public yearning for debit cards, and to kick off a national marketing and consumer education campaign for its debit products.

Also at the conference, MasterCard International announced a marketing alliance with First Data Resources, the Omaha-based third-party processor, to expand the association's global debit programs.

The initiative will promote automated teller machine, online, and off-line point of sale debit ...

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