BaBeeCard Prepaid Mastercard Spend up by 50%
BaBeeCard, the prepaid Mastercard® card created specifically to help mothers and families manage their finances, announced that the average spend on the BaBeeCard prepaid cards had risen by 50% over the last 12 months heralding the growing awareness of prepaid credit cards and the shift towards prepaid cards as a preferred method of payment. The […]
Maestro, Visa or Mastercard Prepaid Card – Why Should I Care?
Prepaid credit cards are fast becoming the preferred payment option for a number of online and offline transactions and the rapid growth and usage of these cards in various sectors such as Money Transfer, Travel Money, Payroll, Online Shopping, Gaming, Youth and Business is already well documented. In most cases, these cards tend to be […]
Financial Services Authority takes over Bank and Building Society Regulation
As of November 1, the Banking Code Standards Board will no longer be responsible for the regulation of the way banks and building societies do business with their customers. This job of regulation has now been taken over by the the Financial Services Authority (FSA). According to the FSA, anyone that has a bank account […]
Phones4u Launches Prepaid Mastercard Cards
Phones4u launches prepaid Mastercard cards by teaming up with Newcastle Building Society and Mastercard to release the Escape Prepaid Mastercard and the Neon Prepaid Mastercard. Unlike the fee-free cards that 02 recently announced for their customers, the Phones4U cards carry charges. The Escape Mastercard Prepaid Card and the Neon Mastercard Prepaid Card will not only […]
BaBeecard Wins Best Gift Card at Prepaid365 Awards 2009
BaBeeCard, the prepaid card designed especially for mums and mums to be by Gemma Johnson, CEO at BaBeeCard and Mum-Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009, was voted the Best Prepaid Gift Card at the Prepaid365 2009 Awards. The awards aim to recognise the best in category service provider for different categories as well as highlight a […]
Prepaid365 Announce Prepaid Card Award Winners 2009
Prepaid365, the UK’s leading prepaid card comparison site, announced the first edition of the Prepaid365 Awards yesterday. The awards aim to recognise the best in category service provider for different categories as well as highlight a few worthy runners ups in each of those categories. In a recently launched initiative, subject matter experts at Prepaid365 […]
O2 Announce Prepaid Credit Card Launch
O2 has announced its prepaid credit card launch where it is set to partner with NatWest bank with the aim of launching O2 Money which will provide prepaid credit cards. Two Visa prepaid cards which will be available to O2 customers and will be the first two products offered by O2 Money. O2 has partnered […]
ATM Charges Dropped on Caxton FX Prepaid Card
The Caxton FX prepaid card team announced this morning that ATM charges on their USD and EURO prepaid cards have been dropped and no ATM fee will be payable on withdrawals at cashpoints across the globe outside the UK. The Caxton FX prepaid card is already reccongnised and lauded as one of the best travel […]
Free Added Value Payment Protection with Freedom Eagle Cashcard
The recently launched Freedom Eagle Cash Mastercard®, the retail instant issue, fully re-loadable, embossed Prepaid Mastercard card with chip & PIN security can now offer a free value added payment protection package to its cardholders. From 30 June 2009, all existing and new Freedom Eagle Cash Card holders will benefit from free extended warranty, free […]
First Data Take a Chunk Out of TSYS
Bank of America has outsourced its merchant processing to a new joint venture company established with First Data which will mean BOA will switch its 240,000 merchant relationships to First Data. This is especially critical for the payment processor TSYS who have stated that they stand to lose four per cent of their annual revenue […]
