STRATEGIC PARTNERS
October 10, 1999
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- BB&T Corp. will sell prepaid phone cards at 450 of its ATMs across the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Based in Winston-Salem, BB&T is billing its InComm prepaid phone card as offering a lower per- minute rate than most collect, credit card or hotel long-distance calls. BB&T operates 619 banking offices in the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Georgia, West Virginia and Kentucky. Local, long-distance and international calls may be made from any type of touch tone phone. The cards are available for as little as $3 for 10 minutes. A 30-minute card is $6; a 60-minute card costs $11; and a 120- minute card is $19. The price of the phone card is automatically deducted from the ATM user's checking or savings account. BB&T plans to offer prepaid phone cards at an additional 200 ATMs by the end of the year.
