08.02.12 – Prepaid365, one of the UK’s leading and dedicated prepaid card comparison websites, announced the call for entries for the fourth edition of the Prepaid365 Prepaid Card Awards 2012 with an entry submission deadline of 22nd February, 2012.
Now in their 4th year, the Prepaid365 Awards continue to generate significant interest around the UK and the globe with an ever increasing number of entries from within the UK and abroad. The Prepaid365 Prepaid Awards continue to be one of the only, if not the only, awards where the results are determined solely by consumers in a majority of the categories and hence, the awards provide an excellent endorsement and genuine consumer appreciation for the efforts of prepaid card providers in launching and running these truly stellar programmes. The awards also highlight a few worthy runners ups in each category, shining the light on up and coming superstars within the prepaid industry.
Based on consumer and industry feedback, the Prepaid365 Awards team have maintained the award categories from 2011 with Awards due to be handed out in 22 different categories including 2 business categories for programme managers who have excelled in serving big business and small business.
Over the next 10 weeks, subject matter experts at Prepaid365 will work in conjunction with consumers to determine the winners across the 22 categories from votes gathered via online surveys and social media votes with the aim of researching, reviewing and collating consumer choices across prepaid cards and prepaid card providers across the UK and beyond.
Amit Sharma, CEO and Senior Consultant at Prepaid365 commented, “The response to the first 3 editions of the Prepaid365 Awards was truly exceptional. It is often seen with trade circles that it is quite easy to get providers excited about awards but the Prepaid365 Awards are truly unique as we have had enhanced consumer engagement with each edition of the awards and we expect the 4th edition to raise the bar even higher.
In fact, it is with this in mind that we have introduced an even more robust voting process this year and decided to engage providers and their existing consumer base to greater effect to make the awards even more representative of the people who really count – consumers!. I have previously stated that the awards seem to grow bigger each year and the entries fly in from further afar than before and we expect 2012 to be no different. Here’s to the biggest consumer prepaid awards night of 2012. I am extremely pleased to announce the call for entries for the fourth edition of the Prepaid365 Prepaid Awards in 2012”.
Divya Sharma, Marketing and PR Director at leading prepaid marketing consultancy Emotion Associates stated, “Prepaid365 is widely recognised as the leading prepaid card portal in the UK serving the needs of customers and the industry. 2011 was an exceptional year with the launch of the dedicated Prepaid365 Business listings which provide an excellent opportunity for prepaid stakeholders to interact with each other and find a business partner or supplier or client. Our independent card reviews are trusted by consumers and we work extremely hard to ensure that content is regularly updated and is current. In 2011, the social media competition that we ran alongside the Prepaid65 Awards was great fun and we are doing the same again but with even more jazz and pizazz than last year and as always, consumers are going to be the big winners. Leading Payment industry specialists recommended Prepaid365 as the “reference site and industry resource with prepaid” and we are well on our way to establishing the Prepaid365 Prepaid Card Awards as the consumers voice and consumer awards “free of commercial bias and an excellent opportunity for prepaid card providers to gauge and reference success against the one opinion that really counts – CONSUMERS”.
Previous winners at the Prepaid365 Prepaid Card Awards include industry leaders such as Virgin Money, Cashplus, Splash, Caxton FX, White Eagle, Neteller, O2 Money, TSYS, Payment Card Technologies, Secure Trust Bank, Think Banking, Prepaid Financial Services as well as newcomers such as Phones4u, Clearcash and Kalixa. As always, you need to be in it to WIN it!
Call for Entries for the 2012 Prepaid365 Prepaid Card Awards sponsored by Transact24- www.t24prepaid.com
Have you got a prepaid credit card programme that has been recently launched or has performed exceptionally well over the last 12 months? Have you submitted your entry into the Prepaid365 Prepaid Card Awards? Well, download the entry form and details below and submit your entry before the deadline on 22nd February, 2012.
Remember theentry deadline is 22.02.12 and the award winners will be announced on 31.05.12. No entries accepted beyond that deadline day. No really – we mean it this time!
If you have any questions about the 2012 Prepaid365 Prepaid Card Awards or would like to enquire about Sponsorship Options with the Prepaid365 Awards 2012, please email Amit Sharma at amit@prepaid365.com or call on +44(0)78347 26087
The Kalixa Prepaid MasterCard is available absolutely FREE to Prepaid365 Customers as part of Kalixa’s 3rd year anniversary celebrations. All customers applying for a Kalixa card between 1st Feb, 2012 and 14th Feb, 2012 can get the Kalixa prepaid MasterCard absolutely free when making their first deposit of £50 or more. It’s another excellent offer from the team at Kalixa following on from the Disney Promotion last Christmas.
To avail this offer, simply visit the Kalixa Prepaid Card website and apply for a Kalixa card and the usual £4.95 card fee will be waived when making an initial load of £50. With thousands of new customers signing up each week, Kalixa is well established in the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, and is on track to expand into Spain and the Netherlands within the next two months.
“We’re really pleased that Kalixa is becoming more and more popular every day,” says Suresh Vaghjiani, Head of Product Management at Kalixa’s issuing bank, Vincento Payment Solutions. “We’ve worked hard over the past three years to improve the features of the card, and we’ve spent a lot of time optimising our fees. The positive feedback we’re continually receiving proves we’re on the right track.”
It has been thirteen years since South African home-grown company, ATM Solutions, opened its doors with the aim to bring fully serviced, conveniently located and reliable ATMs to more areas in the country. Committed to achieving its goal of bringing banking to the people, Africa’s leading independent deployer and operator of ATMs today celebrated the opening of its 7th branch, which has been up and running since November last year and is situated in Witbank in the Mpumalanga region.
“The area has always been serviced, but exceptional growth over the last few years highlighted the need for a dedicated branch to attend to the unique needs of our business and banking partners, clients and the ATM user community in the province.” says ATM Solutions’ Mpumalanga branch supervisor, Gerhard du Plessis, who initially joined the company as a field technician in 2007 and has over six years of experience in the field.
With client relations executives, sales representatives, and dedicated technicians spread across the region, as well as administration and dispatching staff, the branch is well-equipped with all the necessary resources and skills to effectively monitor, maintain, troubleshoot and promptly support the region’s ATMs locally.
With a national footprint of over 4000 ATMs deployed and operated on behalf of eight of southern Africa’s major banks, Wayne Abramson, CEO of ATM Solutions, notes that the new branch is currently responsible for servicing about 300 sites in the Mpumalanga region, and provides a further platform to support our goal of making banking more accessible and affordable to the South African public. “Together with our banking partners, we continue to strive to financially include as many people as possible, particularly in developing and underserviced areas where communities have the most to gain from an extended banking footprint”.
Dedicated to run the Mpumalanga branch in line with ATM Solutions’ internal ethos of “Having fun… Making money… and Doing good,” du Plessis says that the team is committed to making each client feel valued. “Personal interaction based on service excellence, complete customer satisfaction and trust will continue to be the cornerstone of our service offering,” he concludes.
The public can reach the new branch during business hours by calling (013) 692 5518.
For more information on ATM Solutions and its other branches situated across the country visit www.atmsolutions.co.za.
Prepaid Credit Cards look like credit cards, but work differently. You can use them everywhere Maestro, MasterCard or Visa is accepted (depending on the type of prepaid credit cards that they are) but you can only spend up to the available balance on your card.
With prepaid cards, you load funds onto your card and use that money to make purchases and get cash – you are not borrowing money from a bank or other financial institution. Read on if you are interested in finding out what prepaid credit cards are all about. Read More →
24.11.11 – The T24 Black Prepaid VISA card was reviewed and launched on Prepaid365 earlier today. The T24 Black prepaid card is the undoubted “Daddy” prepaid card amongst prepaid cards targeted at the affluent worldwide traveller and the discerning user. A truly mind boggling USD 50,000 load limit make this the ultimate high end credit card alternative without credit. The T24 Black prepaid credit card comes with complementary Priority Pass Membership with access to business facilities and refreshments at over 600 Airport Lounges as well as premium travel insurance, giving you ease of mind and a comfortable trip every time.
The top 5 reasons for getting the T24 Black prepaid VISA card (or “BIG DADDY” card) would be as follows
USD 50,000 Card Balance Limit - As a frequent global traveller, it just does not get better than this. The T24 Black prepaid VISA card is for those who like to travel in style.
Complimentary Priority Pass Access – Priority Pass Access comes as standard with the T24 Black prepaid card which provides access to 600 Airport Lounges worldwide, with business facilities, refreshments and a whole lot more..
Complimentary Premium Worldwide Travel Insurance –Did someone say Travel insurance? This power prepaid card comes with free premium worldwide travel insurance and medical benefits as standard.
ZERO Transaction Fees – Yup – there are no transaction fees on the T24 Dollar Prepaid Card. So use in a USD region with zero transaction fees at retail.
No Credit Checks – Even with the enhanced card balance limit of USD 50,000, the T24 Black prepaid VISA card is a prepaid card and that means no credit checks or bank accounts are necessary and there is guaranteed acceptance subject to identity & residency checks..
Read the T24 Black Prepaid Card review and find out more about the powerful concoction that provides privilege, discretion and affluence.
11.11.11 – The MeCard Prepaid MasterCard was reviewed and launched on Prepaid365 earlier today. The MeCard MasterCard prepaid card is perfect for families with teenagers (13-17). MeCard is safe, secure, and easy to use. Online accounts link the parent card to teen card, enabling the parent to share money in the form of pocket money or gifts, at the click of a button. Parents can view balance of teen cards and top-up money if it’s running low. Money can be loaded to parent card by BACS, DD, in post office or paypoint. Parent cards are FREE and each teen cards cost £9.99 but comes pre-loaded with £10 to spend ANYWHERE. There is currently a special offer available to Prepaid365 Customers for a limited time period as you can get the Parent Card for Free along with a FREE £10.00 load on all teen cards requested as well.
The top 5 reasons for getting a MeCard prepaid card would be as follows
FREE, FREE, FREE – With a free Parent Card and a £10.00 free load on the teenager card – the MeCard team are effectively giving you the two card pack free along with a pretty penny on top. Did we mention FREE?
Zero UK Transaction fees – Retail transactions in the UK and anywhere in the world are absolutely free. Foreign retail transactions to get charged an FX fee but no retail usage fee.
Low ATM Fee – Unlike numerous other prepaid cards, the ATM withdrawal fee on the MeCard prepaid card is also quite low at £0.75. Bargain when compared with other Pay as you go prepaid cards.
Great for Sharing – This is the cool bit about the MeCard prepaid card. You can share money between the Parent Card and the tenn/young adult card at the click of a few buttons. Transferring money from one card to the other is quick, easy and convenient as 1-2-3!
Backed by Payment Card Technologies – The MeCard prepaid card is bought to you by the team at PCT, a multiple award winning prepaid card provider.
Read the MeCard Prepaid Card review and find out more about the benefits of this exceptional new youth prepaid card. Get the essence of youth with the snazzy and funky MeCard Prepaid Card.
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” Read More →
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. Read More →
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. Read More →
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. Read More →
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08.02.12 – Prepaid365, one of the UK’s leading and dedicated prepaid card comparison websites, announced the call for entries for the fourth edition 
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It has been thirteen years since South African home-grown company, ATM Solutions, opened its doors with the aim to bring fully serviced, conveniently located and reliable ATMs to more areas in the country. Committed to achieving its goal of bringing banking to the people, Africa’s leading independent deployer and operator of ATMs today celebrated the opening of its 7th branch, which has been up and running since November last year and is situated in Witbank in the Mpumalanga region.
Rise attributed to Product Value, Social Media Presence & Affiliate Programme
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.
