Prepaid Cards

Prepaid debit cards can be a convenient way to pay and an effective way to manage family finances. Prepaid debit cards and prepaid credit cards are safer than cash, convenient and accepted worldwide.

Do Prepaid Card Regulations Go Too Far?
Do Prepaid Card Regulations Go Too Far?
October 20, 2016  |  Digital Banking

Two steps forward, one step back? For October’s Digital Banking Tracker™, PYMNTS caught up with Brad Fauss, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid...

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Are New Prepaid Card Regulations Too Much?
Are New Prepaid Card Regulations Too Much?
October 19, 2016  |  Digital Banking

Two steps forward, one step back? For October’s Digital Banking Tracker™, PYMNTS caught up with Brad Fauss, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid...

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Prepaid Card Regulations Looming
Prepaid Card Regulations Looming
September 19, 2016  |  Regulation

Prepaid cards are popular, for sure. They’re used for shopping or just to draw out funds from an ATM machine, and they’re hooked up to payment...

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Green Dot/Mastercard Explain Walmart Prepaid Glitch
Green Dot/Mastercard Explain Walmart Prepaid Glitch
August 15, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Details are emerging about the May 2016 prepaid glitch that hit a triumvirate of heavy hitters in the payments and retail space — namely, Green...

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Rule On Money Laundering Loophole Due To Prepaid Cards Could Get Resubmitted
Rule On Money Laundering Loophole Due To Prepaid Cards Could Get Resubmitted
August 11, 2016  |  Regulation

A proposition back in 2011 to close a loophole that enables drug cartels to move large sums of money across boarders using prepaid cards has...

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Prepaid’s Summer Of Uncertainty
Prepaid’s Summer Of Uncertainty
July 15, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

It’s as quiet as a hot summer night, as the prepaid industry awaits the final ruling from the CFPB. Rules that were promised last year,...

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Walmart Green Dot Prepaid Card Users Can’t Get Their Money
Walmart Green Dot Prepaid Card Users Can’t Get Their Money
May 20, 2016  |  Payment Methods

In a slew of problems hitting Walmart Green Dot prepaid cardholders, many users were unable to access their cards in order to check existing balances...

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Wirecard Brings New Prepaid Visa Card To Market
Wirecard Brings New Prepaid Visa Card To Market
March 03, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

German payments firm Wirecard announced Wednesday (March 2) the launch of its new Visa prepaid card called mycard2go. The product is issued by Wirecard Bank...

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