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For Prepaid Cards, Choose EMV Chip Cards, A Smart Card All Around

Group of smart cards / EMV chip cards from around the world. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Curtis Arnold Besides the thieves themselves, the main culprit to emerge from the recent heist of personal information from over 100 million Target and Neiman Marcus shoppers isn’t human at all. Rather, the unlikely villain is a decades old piece of technology known simply as the magstripe, or magnetic stripe, that graces the backs… Continue reading For Prepaid Cards, Choose EMV Chip Cards, A Smart Card All Around

Banks Sponsor Prepaid Debit Cards

The recent announcement about wireless carrier T-Mobile’s new prepaid debit card has highlighted the popularity of this still relatively new financial product among banks. According to a recent article in The Washington Post, banks are increasingly excited about the prospect of teaming up with retailers like T-Mobile to offer prepaid debit cards. The reason? Money,… Continue reading Banks Sponsor Prepaid Debit Cards

Google Launches Prepaid Card

Google Inc. decided that the run-up to the holiday shopping season was the right time to announce its entrance into the prepaid debit card industry. On November 20 the search engine company declared – via blog post, of course, and with typical irreverence – the availability of its Google Wallet Card. “Your roommate finally paid… Continue reading Google Launches Prepaid Card

Best Prepaid Debit Cards.com Launches New Prepaid Debit Card Listing

We just recently launched our new prepaid debit card listing. We are ranking the cards in order of lowest fees based on our standard average annual cost of ownership. If you are looking for a great, low-fee card, check out our list. Please bear with us as we work to improve the pages. We were… Continue reading Best Prepaid Debit Cards.com Launches New Prepaid Debit Card Listing

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

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