Millennium Visa Impresja - the best card for the dedicated customer segment in the Visa Europe Member Awards 2011

I am very happy that yet again Impresja credit card has been appreciated on the international market. The offer was prepared with particular diligence, focussing on women who are extremely demanding customers. High quality of this product and precise selection of its elements have been not only noted by professionals, but also appreciated by the customers proper. We have already issued more than 100 thousand Impresja credit cards and our ongoing analyses confirm that Impresja holders use the card very eagerly. Undoubtedly, it is successful product - said Honorata Byczyńska, Director of the Consumer Credit Subunit at Bank Millennium.
Visa Europe Member Awards is an international competition, which distinguishes the most innovative card enterprises and products of Visa member banks from the entire Europe. Cards awarded in this year's edition of the competition, were selected from more than 110 candidates from all over Europe, in seven topical categories. The winners were selected by a jury composed of experts from the card industry from the entire Europe. Millennium Visa Impresja was recognised as the best card offer for a specific customer segment. The jury of the competition appreciated innovative solutions applied in the Impresja offer to best meet customer expectation and, simultaneously, satisfy the ever-changing conditions on the payment card market.
Bank Millennium Visa Impresja card demonstrates perfectly how a carefully thought out card programme, designed with the needs of a specific target group in focus, may generate a great interest even on a such competitive market as ours - said Małgorzata O'Shaughnessy, Senior Vice-president of Visa Europe and General Manager responsible for Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The results of the competition were announced on April 8 this year during a two-day Visa conference in Barcelona. The award was collected by Roy Hutchinson, Director of the Retail Banking Marketing Department at Bank Millennium.
The prize in the Visa Europe Member Awards 2011 comes as yet another distinction for Millennium Visa Impresja card. Last year the card was honoured with the main prize in the international Publi-News Trophees competition in the loyalty cards category and was recognised as the most innovative loyalty card in Europe in 2010. Millennium Visa Impresja was the first card from Poland, which was awarded in this competition. The card was also awarded an Audience Award in the 2010 prettiest Polish card competition, which accompanied the Central European Electronic Card Warsaw 2010.

Key information about the Millennium Visa Impresja:
Millennium Visa Impresja credit card was designed with women in focus - at each and every stage of product concept development the lifestyle and needs of contemporary woman were given very special attention. Consequently, the end product was a card that offers more pleasure when shopping and - thanks to its sophisticated assistance package - helps organise every-day life.
Millennium Visa Impresja ensures a refund of 5% of the value of spending at shops of more than 20 leading brands (Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home, Baldinini, Coccinelle, Francesco Biasia, Marella, Max Mara, Pennyblack, Pollini, Venezia, Deichmann, Apart, Sephora, Carrefour, Piotr i Paweł, travelplanet.pl, Empik, Sony, Smyk). On top of that, all the card holders may use an extensive assistance package, which apart from standard benefits, offers inter alia personal scheduler, arrangement of home tuition for your child, assistance of a professional to assemble home appliances or making beauty salon appointments. Another strong point of Impresja is possibility of paying for the shopping in 0% instalments - thus you can get a free card credit twice a year.