Looking for the best of the best prepaid debit cards? Look no further. BestPrepaidDebitCards.com evaluated 70 prepaid card programs before arriving at its five best. “We did exhaustive research to compile this list and we boiled it down to the best cards for today’s consumers,” says Shane Tripcony, co-founder of BestPrepaidDebitCards.com. “We used a standard… Continue reading Top Five Prepaid Debit Cards
Author: Chris Warren
Prepaid Card Fraud Controllable
A recent report by Mercator Advisory Group examines the vulnerability of prepaid debit cards to criminals, by Chris Warren Prepaid debit cards make it into the news a lot these days. A lot of the time stories are focused on the maneuvering of large financial services companies like Chase and American Express and the various… Continue reading Prepaid Card Fraud Controllable
Prepaid Debit Card Fees Lower Than Checking Account Charges
A recent report by Bretton Woods, Inc. shows that most consumers using prepaid debit cards to manage finances do so for less than $7.50 per month. by Chris Warren It has long been an assumption that users of prepaid debit cards turn to them as something of a last resort. But a recent report entitled,… Continue reading Prepaid Debit Card Fees Lower Than Checking Account Charges
Girl Scouts Embrace Prepaid Cards
A Girl Scouts chapter strikes a deal with prepaid card company, SpendSmart Payments. by Chris Warren Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs and Lemonades are definitely not financial terms. Yet the truth is that, aside from fundraising, one of the main reasons Girl Scouts from across the country sell these and other varieties of cookies is to… Continue reading Girl Scouts Embrace Prepaid Cards
The Occupy Card Moves Ahead
The Occupy Money Cooperative needs to raise $900,000 to make its card a reality. by Chris Warren The Occupy Wall Street Movement’s first steps into the financial services industry have not been particularly smooth. The announcement this past summer that the Occupy Money Cooperative, an offshoot of the anti-status quo coalition that grabbed the world’s… Continue reading The Occupy Card Moves Ahead
Green Dot and Walmart Expand Prepaid Partnership
Six new Walmart MoneyCard prepaid debit cards are announced as the retailer expands its partnership with Green Dot by Chris Warren Just how well, or poorly, Green Dot Corporation, a leading supplier of prepaid debit cards, would fare in its latest quarterly earnings report was the source of considerable disagreement. In the weeks leading up… Continue reading Green Dot and Walmart Expand Prepaid Partnership