Credit Card Mail Offers Grow 16% in 2005

More than six billion credit card offers were mailed to U.S. consumers in 2005, up 16% from 2004, according to Mail Monitor, the direct mail offer tracking service from Synovate. American Express was the primary factor in this increase as the company increased its direct mail credit card solicitation volume by 56% over 2004, but still received responses rates well below the industry