Prepaid365, one of the UK’s leading prepaid card comparison sites and the organiser of the annual Prepaid365 prepaid awards, recently launched enhanced business listings channel for prepaid card providers and brand new prepaid supplier directory.

Established in 2008, Prepaid365 is widely regarded as the UK’s leading consumer comparison site for prepaid credit cards and provides a comprehensive FAQ section dealing with all things prepaid. The portal has been lauded by senior industry experts as “the most informative and useful website seen for our industry” and “a mandatory bookmarked site” for everyone in our industry.

Amit Sharma, CEO of Prepaid365 commented “Prepaid365 is a consumer comparison portal and will continue to stay true to its core values of providing honest, independent and unbiased prepaid card comparisons and reviews to customers who are looking to purchase prepaid credit cards – whether they are prepaid MasterCard, Visa prepaid cards or non-scheme branded prepaid cards. However, over the last 2 years, we have played a significant role in providing a platform for organisations and individuals looking to launch prepaid card programmes to meet with prepaid card providers and prepaid stakeholders and we wanted to enhance our role even further with the creation of the business listings”
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Rise attributed to Product Value, Social Media Presence & Affiliate Programme

20.09.11 – Sales of the First Premier MasterCard® Prepaid Card, one of the UK’s best value pay monthly prepaid MasterCard cards, have gone through the roof with a 230% increase in sales having been recorded in the 4 week period since the launch of the new First Premier Prepaid website.

A general spend prepaid MasterCard, the First Premier prepaid card was launched earlier this year by award winning prepaid programme manager, Payment Card Technologies. A new pay monthly pricing tariff was released in July 2011 along with a new website and was supported with the launch of the First Premier affiliate programme and social media channels engaging web publishers and consumers, respectively.
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Cheaper to Use than Pay As You Go Prepaid Cards for Regular Users

Prepaid Cards have often been lauded as a way of staying in control and within budget with ones expenses and they have certainly proved to be an excellent mechanism for doing so.  Whilst some prepaid card providers offer pay weekly tariffs, they have not proved very popular with customers and the two tariffs which have gained maximum traction with consumers are the Pay Monthly and Pay As You Go tariffs.

Pay Monthly Vs Pay As You Go

A Pay monthly tariff as the name suggests is one that has a monthly management fee built into the programme. This fee is charged to consumers each month for the maintenance of their card. This typically entitles them to free transactions, reduced ATM withdrawals fees and other benefits which may not necessarily be available on pay as you go prepaid cards. These cards are excellent for those who use their prepaid card on a regular basis.

A Pay As You Go tariff as the name suggests means that you only pay when you actually use your card. This works well for those who plan to use their card occasionally. A number of prepaid card providers, prepaid stakeholders and  media usually suggest PAYG cards but we reckon that Pay monthly cards provide greater benefits.
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• Oxfordshire’s cash connection to Kazakhstan Revealed.

• Thailand tops the league as top money transfer destination for UK Residents

A new ‘ethnicity map’ of the UK has thrown up the unexpected international connections of Oxfordshire with Kazakhstan, Gloucestershire with Kenya and Leicestershire with the Dominican Republic.

Figures from Escape Travel Money have, for the first time, revealed where different nationalities live across the UK – based on who sends the most money home to family and loved ones.

Tracking money transfer out of the UK in the first half of 2011, the Escape Travel Money data highlights how ethnically diverse Britain has become. And the figures also uncover some unusual – and unexpected – pockets of foreign workers.
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TRAVELLERS FIGHT BACK AGAINST “0% COMMISSION” ADVERTISING

A recent survey of over 1,000 travel customers, showed 93% of them want “0% Commission” advertising to be banned, as they found it misleading. FairFX.com, an online currency specialist who conducted the survey, are now forming a twitter-based petition to the OFT to put the ban in place and are calling on holidaymakers to tweet to sign the petition.

 “It’s evident that these misleading advertising tactics have hit a nerve with regular travellers.” said FairFX CEO and currency expert Stephen Heath. “People are fed up with the lack of transparency in this sector. They’re calling for a level playing field from which they can compare travel money providers easily. First and foremost though, we think the OFT should enforce the ban on 0% Commission advertising.”
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Tackle Your Finances With Escape Travel Money

With the Rugby World Cup 2011 just around the corner, fans that have spent a small fortune splashing out on travel and accommodation in New Zealand will be glad to hear they can save some money whilst they’re away by purchasing an Escape Travel Money card for all of their foreign currency needs.

The Escape Travel Money pre-paid MasterCard from Phones4u allows users to withdraw cash from foreign ATMs without having to pay a fee and the card can be used fee-free in over 32 million MasterCard locations worldwide including shops, bars and restaurants allowing users to avoid hidden-bank charges usually associated with using traditional debit and credit cards abroad.

Not only this, the Escape Travel Money card also offers an exchange rate on foreign currency that beats the high street plus users can gain access to a range of attractive money-back offers.

For more information and to start saving money when travelling abroad please visit www.escapetravelmoneycard.com

About the Escape Travel Money Prepaid MasterCard

The Escape Travel Money card is the ideal travelling companion. The card can be used in over 30 million locations worldwide – anywhere you see the MasterCard acceptance mark. There are no fees for using the card abroad and there are no fees for withdrawing money from ATMs while you’re abroad. You can also earn up to 20% cashback on your online purchases, excellent for when you’re booking airport parking and other travel essentials