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Advanta Corp.
Welsh and McKean Roads
PO Box 844
Spring House, PA 19477-0844
United States - Map
Phone: 215-657-4000
Fax: 215-659-9479
Web Site: http://www.advanta.com

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Full Time Employees:841

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Advanta Corp. issues business purpose credit cards to small businesses and business professionals in the United States. It offers MasterCard and Visa business purpose credit cards that provide approved customers with access, through merchants, banks, checks, electronic fund transfers, and ATMs to unsecured revolving business purpose credit lines. The company also offers credit protection and related products, such as credit insurance products, which provide coverage for loss of life, disability, and involuntary unemployment; and waiver agreement, which provides for the waiver or suspension of payment obligations upon the occurrence of events, including loss of life, temporary and permanent disability, key person departure, and business interruption. In addition, Advanta Corp. provides various deposit products, including retail and large denomination certificates of deposit and money market accounts, as well as investment products comprising redireserve variable rate certificates and investment notes. The company was formerly known as TSO Financial Corp. and changed its name to Advanta Corp. in 1988. Advanta Corp. was founded in 1951 and is based in Spring House, Pennsylvania. On November 8, 2009, Advanta Corp along with its affiliates filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Advanta Corp.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 19.6% of CGQ Universe companies and 13.6% of Diversified Financials companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Dennis Alter , 66
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Chairman of Corp. Governance Committee
    $ 1.00M $ 0
    Mr. William A. Rosoff , 65
    Vice Chairman, Pres and Member of Corp. Governance Committee
    $ 750.00K $ 0
    Mr. Philip M. Browne , 49
    Chief Financial Officer, Acting Principal Accounting Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 597.00K $ 0
    Mr. John F. Moore , 57
    Pres of Advanta Bank Corp
    $ 350.00K $ 0
    Mr. Chad C. Blue , 39
    Chief Credit Officer and Chief Credit Officer of Advanta Bank Corp
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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