The Metris Companies announced an agreement with MBIA to ensure the credit card issuer has access to the ABS market over the next two years. The financial guarantor pledged $1.7 billion over the next two years to back any refinancing of maturing ABS commitments. This comes in the wake of Metris' defeasement of ABS as they come due (see ASR 3/8/04).
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