Credit unions which supposed their card programs with no annual fees would necessarily benefit over bank cards that carried annual fees may need to think again.

Large card issuing banks have generally not brought annual fees back to their credit cards programs and have stepped up their direct mail marketing, according to a marketing consultancy.

Mintel Comperemedia reported large credit card issuers sent 1.1 billion offers for credit cards to American consumers in the second quarter of 2010, more than double the 419 million that were sent in the second quarter of 2009.

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