Visa was sued on Tuesday by consumers who said the card payments network failed to make prepaid “Vanilla” gift cards less likely to being drained by thieves. Ira Schuman, who leads the proposed class ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...

Prepaid Trends spoke with Brian Triplett, global head of prepaid products for Visa Inc., to find out what he sees happening in the industry and what makes for a successful prepaid card program. PT: ...

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If you aren't a banking customer, using a pre-paid debit card could provide a safe alternative for storing your cash. Liliana Hall was a writer for CNET Money covering banking, credit cards and ...

Prepaid cards let you spend only what you load onto the card so no credit check is needed to get one. But some prepaid cards are much better than others. Michael Feight takes care of almost all his ...

Debit cards make it easy to make purchases, shop online, and pull cash out of an ATM. But to use one, you need a checking account—and not everyone has one. If you’re a part of the “unbanked” community ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Visa USA yesterday announced that Shell fuel stations are adopting Visa “partial authorization,” which allows drivers to more easily purchase gas at the pump using a Visa prepaid card.

While no one card can be perfect for every customer, the Bluebird Prepaid Debit account from American Express, Member FDIC, is the best overall. Bluebird improves on American Express® Serve prepaid ...

According to latest numbers by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, about 14.1% of the population in the United States is under-banked. This means that millions of people may have difficulty ...