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UTI Bank launches credit card

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Mumbai, Aug. 3

UTI Bank Ltd, jointly with Visa, today launched its credit card business. The bank is offering four variants — gold, silver, gold plus and silver plus credit cards. Initially launched in Mumbai, the bank plans to roll out the credit cards in 12 cities by the end of this quarter and to 50 cities by end of this fiscal, said a press release from the bank.

The complimentary gifts on the cards include complimentary flight vouchers to 29 destinations in the country, discounts ranging from 10-50 per cent at 120 hotels in the country and 1,500 hotels worldwide, insurance packages on air accidents, personal accidents, loss of card and baggage and also fuel surcharge waivers, the press release said. UTI Bank is also planning to launch its platinum card variant soon. The bank has set up a fully-owned subsidiary for managing the card sales and to enable it to focus on quality of acquisition, the release said.

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