Eastern Bank Ltd yesterday launched a limited edition of ten Visa prepaid cards to mark the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup.

EBL Managing Director and CEO Ali Reza Iftekhar launched the special prepaid cards during a press briefing at a city hotel, said a press release.

Coloured after the ten test playing nations –the card is first of its kind in Bangladesh and all over the world, the news release added.

Anyone can buy a prepaid visa card from selected EBL branches and use it at more than ten thousand shops, restaurants and ATMs countrywide.

The card will be sold at zero balance and the buyer can load any amount up to Tk 50,000.

Muklesur Rahman, deputy managing director (DMD) for Consumer Banking of EBL, DMD of Corporate Banking M. Fakhrul Alam, Head of Cards Nazeem A. Choudhury, Head of Brand & Marketing Ziaul Karim, Head of Cards Operations Md. Saifuzzaman and Head of Cards Business Md. Khorshed Anowar were present at the press briefing.

News: Daily Sun /Bangladesh/14 Feb 2011