HFC seeks shop to launch upmarket credit card
30 Jul 1999 | by KAREN YATES
HFC, the US banking group behind Goldfish, is holding a secret creative and media pitch for a credit card due to be launched this autumn.
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New Europe, a pro-European organisation that opposes the single currency, is looking for an agency to run a major advertising campaign.
HFC, the US banking group behind Goldfish, is holding a secret creative and media pitch for a credit card due to be launched this autumn.
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