Bangkok--30 Aug--BBL The Credit Card Club, an organization under the Thai Bankers’ Association, has initiated a program to allow cardholders to redeem their reward points as a cash donation to His Majesty the King’s Chaipattana Foundation. For every 2,000 reward points, cardholders will be able to make a Baht 200 donation to the foundation. The program will run from 1 September to 30 November. The President of the Credit Card Club, Mr. Shoke Na Ranong, said the Reward Points for Royal Charity program had been launched to celebrate His Majesty the King’s 80th birthday anniversary on December 5, 2007. The program offered credit cardholders the opportunity to pay respect to the King by redeeming reward points collected on their credit cards. The Credit Card Club will distribute the donations to projects under the Chaipattana Foundation. The program will run for three months from 1 September to 30 November, after which cardholders will receive a receipt within 90 days confirming their donation. 14 financial institutions are participating in the Reward Points for Royal Charity program, including Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn Bank, Siam Commercial Bank, Thai Military Bank, Siam City Bank, United Overseas Bank (Thai), Standard Chartered Bank (Thai), Citibank N.A., HSBC, Krung Thai Card, Krungsri Card, AIG Card (Thailand) GE Capital (Thailand) and Cetelem (Thailand) in association with Visa International (Thailand) and MasterCard International. “With donations being used to support royally-initiated projects, the Credit Card Club is anticipating a positive response from cardholders to the Reward Points for Royal Charity program,” said Mr. Shoke. Projects under the King’s Chaipattana Foundation that will receive donations include: the Chaipattana Aerator; vegetable oil and bio-diesel production; waste water treatment; vetiver grass for the prevention of soil erosion; New Theory for agriculture; soil improvement at Khao Cha-ngoom; coastal forest improvement and development; research centers for solutions to soil acidity and salty soil; and dairy co-operatives. “Cardholders can find out more information by contacting the call centers of their credit card issuers. The call center number is on the back of each credit card,” Mr. Shoke added. For more information, please contact Bangkok Bank’s Public Relations Department Tel. 0-2230-2709, 0-2353-5349 or 089-449-8383