Happy birthday to the CARD Act! Today is February 22, 2010, the first day some of the major provisions of the new laws outlined in the much anticipated Credit Card Accountability Responsibility And Disclosure Act are officially in place. Among the major changes include a restriction requiring issuers extending credit to young consumers under the age of 21 to submit an [...]
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Pre-paid Cards One of Few Easy Options Left for Students
February 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Banking, Credit Cards
Tags: CARD Act·Credit Cards·facecard·prepaid cards·prepaid debit cards·student cards·student credit cards·under 21 credit cards
Facecard Pre-paid Card Teams Up With Facebook
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Banking, Credit Cards
For those that are unfamiliar with Facecard, likely you won’t be for long, thanks to the name recognition provided by Facebook, the popular social media network. Facecard is a pre-paid card issued by MetaBank, who launched the program in May of 2008 as an alternative to debit and credit cards. Can you say “marketing genius”? [...]
Tags: facebook·facecard·pre-paid cards·pre-paid mastercard·prepaid debit cards·student cards
