MBNA
Booth Number: 796
Sponsor Website: http://www.MBNA.com

MBNA has grown from a small regional credit card issuer to the largest independent credit card issuer in the world. The company maintains its international headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware and has operations throughout the United States and in Canada, Ireland, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

MBNA is by far the leading affinity marketing company in the credit card industry and has the endorsement of more than 5,000 organizations. MBNA continues to acquire profitable endorsements year after year. In 2004, MBNA signed agreements with A.G. Edwards & Sons, Viajes Marsans (Spain), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arsenal Football Club (U.K.), Starwood Hotels and Resorts (Canada), American Nurses Association of California, Charles Schwab, and many more.

MBNA has attracted national attention for its work environment as well as for its business performance. The company was named one of Working Mother magazine's top 100 companies for family and work policies for the thirteenth consecutive year in 2004. For the eighth year in a row, FORTUNE magazine ranked MBNA one of the top companies to work for in the United States in 2005. MBNA is one of only 22 companies to have appeared on Fortune's list every year since its inception in 1998. MBNA has also been named as a best place to work in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In fact, MBNA Ireland was named the best place to work in the entire European Union in the 100 Best Workplaces in the European Union survey in 2004.

Business Week ranked MBNA the number one best bank in the S&P 500 as well as the 19th best company in the S&P 500. On FORTUNE lists, MBNA has been named the number one bank of Return on Assets as well as the number one bank in 10-year annual EPS growth. Many other financial publications, including American Banker and Forbes, have named MBNA to their rankings lists.