Ulster Bank launch Picture Card for Northern Ireland

5th Dec 2007

 The international craze of credit card personalisation has arrived in Northern Ireland. Ulster Bank is the first local bank to introduce the facility, which allows customers to personalise their credit cards with their own photographs or images. Ulster Bank customers can avail of picture card via www.ulsterbank.co.uk/picturecard.

Ulster Bank's Head of Retail Direct, Michael McKavanagh says: We are delighted to be the first bank in Northern Ireland to offer this service. The initiative highlights our continuing work to provide competitive and innovative products for all our customers and further reinforces our ambition to become the Number One Bank on the island of Ireland".

Customers can personalise their credit cards with pictures of themselves, their family, friends or their family pets for example.

This service allows customers to liven up their credit cards and to personalise them in the same way as they would with their mobile phones, their computer desktops and MP3 players, Mr. McKavanagh continues.

We pride ourselves on offering innovative services to our customers and we think that this new initiative will bring a bit of fun to their banking and will be well received, Mr. McKavanagh adds.

To access the services, consumers should log onto www.ulsterbank.co.uk/picturecard. Picture Card costs 10 and is a fully automated registration service.