Regulators Have a Skewed View of the Prepaid Industry
Recently the Financial Crimes EnforcementNetwork (FinCEN) released its final rules on Bank Secrecy ActRegulations relating to prepaid access. While the...
What the Borders Bankruptcy Could Mean to the Future of Gift Cards
Book seller Borders Group, Inc.'s liquidationplan calls for it to continue honoring gift cards and providingdiscounts to members of its...
The Commoditization of Prepaid
Prepaid card program managers could soon havea hard time distinguishing their products from one another underthe Federal Reserve's rules for...
Read the Final Durbin Rules with Two Sets of Eyes
The Federal Reserve has given us over 300 pagesof rules about the implementation of the Durbin Amendment to theDodd Frank...
What’s in a Name? Everything When it Comes to Prepaid
Let's start out making one thing clear - prepaidcards are not debit cards, and they are not credit cards. Prepaidcards...
Government Prepaid Card Programs Reflect Possibilities for the Industry as a Whole
Federal, state, and local governments haverecently sought to replace checks with prepaid cards for a varietyof applications and benefits disbursements....
Sustainability and Financial Services
Over the past two and a half years, theFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation has been conducting pilotsaimed at helping banks develop...
Groupon’s IPO Hints the Risks and Opportunities for Prepaid
In its S-1 filed on June 2, Groupon reveals thatas of March 31, it has 83.1 million subscribers and 56,781merchants....
A Tough Week for General Purpose Reloadable Prepaid Cards
Over the past week, general purpose,reloadable prepaid cards have taken a beating in the press and inthe public eye. Florida...
Transparency Needs to be a Guiding Principle for Prepaid
The recent subpoenas by the Florida Attorney general to major prepaid cardproviders again highlight the need for transparency in theprepaid...
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