Will This Be The Year For Credit Cards Tied To Health Savings Accts?

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - This year will be an "introduction year" for card payments for healthcare, according to a new study. Financial Insights, a unit of IDC, said in a new report called "HSA Cards: Their Past, Present, and Future" that Health Savings Account deposits are providing "tremendous growth and providing financial institutions a new source of funding over the next few years."

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"The first-to-market financial institutions partnering with successful vendors offering viable solutions stand to gain deposits, customer relationships, and even service fees that could be established for the services to be provided," said Dana Gould, senior research analyst-payments and the author of the report.

For info: www.financial-insights.com.


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