<div id="subtitle">Advanta files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; Advanta Bank not included in filing</div><div><p>Small business credit card lender Advanta Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.</p><p>Its shares plunged more than 70 percent in midday trading Monday, dropping 25 ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advanta Corp <ADVNA.O>, a small business credit card lender in the United States, said on Sunday it filed for bankruptcy protection after the economic crisis over the last two years devastated its small business customers.</p><p>In the filing with the ...

<div id="subtitle">Analysts: company under severe financial stress</div><div><p>Advanta is freezing the accounts of nearly one million credit-card holders, most of them small businesses and self-employed professionals, effective next Saturday. The company said it is trying to cut its losses and preserve capital. </p><p ...

<div id="subtitle">In grim sign for card industry, small business card lender Advanta shuts down all accounts</div><div><p>Advanta Corp., a credit card lender to nearly 1 million small businesses, will close all its cardholders' accounts next month in a last-ditch effort stem losses.</p><p ...