A few months ago my Providian account was sold to SST as well.. I was very very angry about this, but what can i do i'm just a average joe from kansas that made the mistake in trusting a big name Credit Card company. I'm sad and glad in the same time to see all the other complaints about their card s being xfered without approval and notification before they were sold. I guess all i can do i cancel my account and remember providian / wamu and SS T for their horrible banking practices.