Prepaid cards

Walmart adjusted two of its long-standing, in-house offerings this week, saying it was lowering the rates for its domestic Walmart2Walmart money transfer service and adding a digital money transfer service with Bluebird2Walmart.

The North American subsidiary of Germany’s Wirecard AG is providing the technology behind a prepaid Visa card that distributes cash rewards to blood donors.

Two years after launching Bento for Business, a prepaid Mastercard enabling small businesses to manage employee expenses, Bento has announced it’s adopting i2c’s Inc.’s global platform and adding new features.

The fight over a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule adding new restrictions to prepaid cards is intensifying as some Republicans hope to overturn it before a looming deadline expires.

Readers sound off an attempt to block prepaid regulations, threats to consumer privacy, FSOC’s political bent, the proper use for SARs, and more.

Prepaid card users have waited a long time for the basic protections that debit card customers take for granted. Congress should not throw them under the bus.

What's considered a 'bad' product for one group of consumers may not be bad for another.

The prepaid card issuer was accused of deceiving customers in ads claiming that getting approved was easy, and funds would be available right away.

Total System Services' prepaid unit, Netspend, will pay consumers who bought its cards up to $53 million to resolve a Federal Trade Commission suit alleging that the company misled consumers about accessing funds.

Today, less than 10% of all gift cards sold in the U.S. are digital. That could start to change, as the industry's heavy hitters break down the walls between their plastic and digital gift card operations to spur global growth.

Starbucks customers will soon be able to send Starbucks gifts to other iOS device users via Apple Inc.’s iMessage platform with Apple Pay.

Card issuers are sounding the alarm about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final prepaid rule, claiming that without fixes the agency has opened the door to potential fraud on unregistered cards.

Virtual Piggy has undergone a few changes of direction and brand in the past while formulating payments applications for the under-18 market.

Jeffrey Osher, who led a bare-knuckle fight last year to oust the prepaid card company’s CEO and chairman, will serve as an adviser to the firm’s board.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday that it will delay the effective date of its final rule on prepaid cards by six months because industry participants need more time to comply.

The card brand and bank will offer lending and prepaid cards to a traditionally underserved demographic.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule will likely be overturned by Congress if the agency moves ahead with finalizing it.

The card handles multiple currencies and is designed for students and underserved market segments.

The prepaid card issuer has been striving to overcome the setback it suffered from the discontinuation of a popular product in 2015.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking feedback on the benefits and risks of using alternative data sources, such as rent or utility payments, that would allow lenders to build a credit history for unbanked consumers.