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Top 5 Payment Cards Used in the Past 12 Months

By PaymentsJournal
June 16, 2023
in Credit, Debit, Digital Assets & Crypto, Payment Methods, Truth In Data
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In today’s increasingly digital and cashless world, payment cards have become an integral part of our daily lives. Whether it’s swiping, tapping, or inserting a card into a reader, these small pieces of plastic have revolutionized the way we make transactions. From credit cards to debit cards and prepaid cards, they offer convenience, security, and flexibility, allowing us to make purchases both in-person and online with ease.

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Data for today’s episode is provided by Javelin Strategy & Research’s Report: Unused Value in Prepaid Cards: Breaking the Misconceptions

Payment Cards Used in the Past 12 Months

  • 80% – major credit card usable anywhere
  • 63% – major debit card usable anywhere
  • 33% – in-store gift card
  • 31% – general prepaid gift card (non-reloadable)
  • 30% – store-branded credit card

About Report

There’s a misconception that gift cards and other prepaid products go unused, but the trends of consumer use and product growth defy that belief, creating profit centers for issuing organizations. The fact that gift cards encourage additional spending and have many other uses, such as receiving loyalty cards as an employee incentive or creating goodwill opportunities, promotes rapid redemption, thus mitigating issues with unused funds. The use of stored-value accounts emphasizes that loyalty provides extra benefits and encourages repetitive reloads, reducing the amount of unused funds that companies must account for.

To strengthen and maintain prepaid programs, organizations should communicate often with the appropriate stakeholders, such as consumers, shareholders, and employees. Communication encourages the spending of unused balances, highlights the value of loyalty programs associated with stored-value accounts, and can act as a way to avoid escheatment where it is regulated. Retailers must also be clear with policies to ensure compliance with various states’ cash-out and escheatment regulations, which can be accomplished through universal policies, proper staff training, and regular reviews of applicable regulations by location.

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