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Checks Unlimited uses Tempo platform for new debit card program
Direct Checks Unlimited, the nation’s largest direct-to-consumer check provider, will now offer a Special Edition Discover debit card using Tempo’s debit card platform. The cards will be issued under the Checks Unlimited brand and will link to
Card Activation Technologies Announces More Debit Card Patent Suits
Today, Card Activation Technologies announced the filing (or imminent filing) of more patent suits against retailers. The details of the filings are not yet available on the Federal District Court system, PACER, but a quick check shows that Card Activation Technologies
B of A Fee Dropped Should You Still Get a Prepaid Card?
The second-largest bank in the U.S., Bank of America, recently announced that they are discontinuing the proposed $5 monthly fee for those customers using debit cards. Subsequent to many protests and a planned “Bank Transfer Day” on
Cards for Confidence: How the CARD act affects online shoppers
The recent enforcement of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act means more than a few raised restrictions on prepaid cards. For a new wave of shoppers, it means renewed confidence in one of today’s fastest growing currencies. Read More
Buy A Friend the Prepaid Gift of a Safe Drive Home
During the holiday season, we typically think of buying prepaid cards as gifts for friends and relatives so they can use their gift card at retailers like the GAP, or Amazon.com. But what if you could give the gift of
Can Reloadable Debit Card Companies Learn From Coke’s Brand Marketing?
It looks like Coca-Cola did it again. Some may be too young to remember the 1985 “New Coke” incident where they changed the formula and packaging that so many people thought of as a staple in their
Avoid Overdraft Fees with Pre-Paid Debit
Bank of America and Chase Bank both recently announced in press releases that they were changing the way overdraft fees are structured. While this may come as a relief to millions of cardholders who were charged, sometimes exorbitant fees, those in the pre-paid debit world have long enjoyed
Back to School Trend: Bashing Higher One Cards
It’s back to school time, and college students are happily going to class again (or at least football games and frat parties). There are plenty of trends associated with this time of year, including back to school sales, and a
Big Banks Get Credit Downgrades by S&P
After applying new criteria to the world’s thirty-seven largest banks, Standard and Poor’s downgraded credit ratings of dozens of banks including several of the largest banks in the U.S. After a rough year with an inconsistent economic