Prepaid Debit Card news and trends

Cryptos Provide A Potential Boost To Mastercard
Payment Methods // February 01, 2018

Credit cards and cryptos might be a match well made. In its latest quarterly report, Mastercard showed strength in cross-border volumes, up double digits at 22 percent. One point of that growth was buoyed — at least in part — by cardholders buying cryptocurrencies with their...

Square Starts Taking Orders For New Debit Card
Payment Methods // May 08, 2017

Square, the payment company owned by Jack Dorsey, is starting to take orders for the roll-out of its first debit card. According to a report in Recode, a Twitter user tweeted last week that an alert was sent out from the Square cash app to order...

Discover Launches Plastik Prepaid Loyalty Card
News // August 13, 2015

Cloud-based mobile rewards platform provider Perk.com announced yesterday (August 12) the launch of its new Perk Plastik prepaid debit card that runs on the Discover Network.

Walmart Sticks With Green Dot
News // June 23, 2015

Green Dot and Walmart are getting back together. In March, there was talk about the partnership coming to an end, but it seems the pair has finally found common ground to work on. Yesterday, the prepaid card giant announced that it entered into a new,...

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FTC Warns About Scammers Impersonating Agency Staff

July 11, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning consumers to be wary of scammers pretending to be staff members. The FTC issued a press release and blog post on Tuesday (July 11) to alert consumers. The blog post said that scammers have been using the names of real FTC employees to gain people’s trust and have been using tactics such as suggesting […]

Square Starts Taking Orders For New Debit Card

May 08, 2017
Square, the payment company owned by Jack Dorsey, is starting to take orders for the roll-out of its first debit card. According to a report in Recode, a Twitter user tweeted...

Discover Launches Plastik Prepaid Loyalty Card

August 13, 2015
Cloud-based mobile rewards platform provider Perk.com announced yesterday (August 12) the launch of its new Perk Plastik prepaid debit card that runs on the Discover Network.

Walmart Sticks With Green Dot

June 23, 2015
Green Dot and Walmart are getting back together. In March, there was talk about the partnership coming to an end, but it seems the pair has finally found common ground...