Tirana, 25 May 2006 - Recently the American Bank of Albania launched its latest ABAcard product – the Visa Classic card – taking the total number in the ABAcard portfolio to 6. ABA is now the first bank in Albania as regards the number in different card types that it offers.

The new ABAcard Visa Classic is a debit card that, linked to an individual current account, gives customers convenient and secure access to the funds in their personal current account(s), any time of the day and anywhere in the world.

This card is denominated in USD, which makes it the ideal card for all those individual customers whose preferred currency is the U.S. Dollar.

Added advantages of the Visa Classic card are the ability to use it for Internet transactions as well as Hotel and Car reservations. This card can used it at over 28 million merchant locations, as well as to withdraw cash in Albania and at over 810,000 ATMs bearing the Visa logo worldwide.

"Customers have frequently asked us about an ABAcard that was denominated in USD, because they either were paid in that currency, traveled to the U.S., made online purchases or had their savings in USD. So we made it a priority to offer them a card tailored to their needs," Enkelejda Balliu, Asst.Vice President, Card Services, explained when asked about the introduction of this card.

Presently, the ABAcard portfolio includes the following: Visa Electron (in Lek), Visa Classic (in US$), MasterCard Standard (in EUR) and the prestigious ABAgoldcard MasterCard (in EUR). Meanwhile, ABA offers the corporate ABABusinessCard MasterCard card tailored to businesses, organizations, institutions and other such entities. This card is denominated in Euro, making it especially convenient for employees of companies that visit and trade in the Eurozone.

Another card product on offer is the ABAcard White, which is a family card that allows Albanian Citizens living and working in Greece and their relatives living in Albania to withdraw Lek in Albania from an account in Greece without paying any bank commissions.

For more information about our cards, please visit our website at: ABAcards or visit any of our ABA branches and agencies to apply for your personal Visa Classic card (click here for your nearest location).