As round one of the World Baseball Classic concludes this week, all the players, managers, coaches and the umpire crew are carrying a re-loadable Global Rewards® per diem prepaid MasterCard Card provided by Carlson Marketing Worldwide issued by JPMorgan Chase.

At the world's premier international baseball tournament, more than 900 international participants (including at least 52 Major League Baseball all-stars) will travel with a convenient, secure, prepaid MasterCard Card that is accepted at millions of locations around the world. And travel they will: with their Prepaid MasterCard Card in their pockets, 16 teams from 16 nations participate in games held at seven venues in five different countries March 5 - 23, 2009.

The Global Rewards prepaid MasterCard Card is issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from MasterCard International Incorporated and may be used anywhere that Debit MasterCard cards are accepted. MasterCard is a registered trademark of MasterCard International Incorporated.

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