TORONTO, Sept. 6, 2013 /CNW/ – Rogers Communications today announced
that the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has
issued an Order to Commence and Carry on Business, authorizing a
subsidiary of Rogers to begin offering credit card services.
“Our credit card business will allow us to deliver a valuable offering
to our customers across the country and we are thrilled to have
completed this final step in the application process,” said David
Robinson, Vice-President of Emerging Business, Rogers Communications.
“Within the next year, our customers will be able to participate in our
credit card program that will give them the opportunity to accelerate
the rate at which they earn rewards in the Rogers First Rewards
program.”
Leading up to commercial availability in 2014, Rogers will roll out a
pilot program to begin offering credit card services to a select group
of customers.
For more information on the formal application process, visit the Office
of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada online at http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca.
About Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications is a diversified Canadian communications and media
company. We are engaged in wireless voice and data communications
services through Wireless, Canada’s largest wireless provider. Through
Cable, we are one of Canada’s leading providers of cable television
services as well as high-speed Internet access and telephony services
to consumers and businesses. Through Media, we are engaged in radio and
television broadcasting, televised shopping, sports entertainment, and
magazines and trade publications. We are publicly traded on the
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A and RCI.B) and on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE: RCI). For further information about the Rogers group of
companies, please visit www.rogers.com.
SOURCE Rogers Communications Inc.
