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IT BEGINS: BANK PARTNER BAILS ON NRA
The card offers 5 percent back on gas and sporting goods purchases.
The First National Bank of Omaha has decided to cut ties with the National Rifle Association in a national moment of reckoning over gun control.
Citing complaints from customers, the company’s First Bankcard division will no longer issue NRA-branded Visa credit cards touted by the gun-rights group as a special benefit of membership after the current contract between the two parties expires.
“Customer feedback has caused us to review our relationship with the NRA. As a result, First National Bank of Omaha will not renew its contract with the National Rifle Association to issue the NRA Visa Card,” a First National Bank spokesman told HuffPost by email Thursday.
The spokesman did not immediately respond to a follow-up question on when the contract will expire.
Members of the group are still able to purchase NRA-branded prepaid Visa debit cards because those are made available through a separate entity, NetSpend, which is currently “reviewing the relationship” it has with the NRA.
On Wednesday, a Visa spokeswoman stressed that the company strives to make its payment services available to everyone.
More: First National Bank Of Omaha To Dump NRA-Branded Visa Credit Card
Good news! Maybe the tide is finally turning. I hope. I know many gun owners are fed up with the NRA - including me.
The card offers 5 percent back on gas and sporting goods purchases.
The First National Bank of Omaha has decided to cut ties with the National Rifle Association in a national moment of reckoning over gun control.
Citing complaints from customers, the company’s First Bankcard division will no longer issue NRA-branded Visa credit cards touted by the gun-rights group as a special benefit of membership after the current contract between the two parties expires.
“Customer feedback has caused us to review our relationship with the NRA. As a result, First National Bank of Omaha will not renew its contract with the National Rifle Association to issue the NRA Visa Card,” a First National Bank spokesman told HuffPost by email Thursday.
The spokesman did not immediately respond to a follow-up question on when the contract will expire.
Members of the group are still able to purchase NRA-branded prepaid Visa debit cards because those are made available through a separate entity, NetSpend, which is currently “reviewing the relationship” it has with the NRA.
On Wednesday, a Visa spokeswoman stressed that the company strives to make its payment services available to everyone.
More: First National Bank Of Omaha To Dump NRA-Branded Visa Credit Card
Good news! Maybe the tide is finally turning. I hope. I know many gun owners are fed up with the NRA - including me.
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