Not to be confused with reloadable retailer cards or reloadable gift cards (good only for purchases with specific merchants), these are general-purpose cards that consumers "load up" and spend ...

New regulations would cover only reloadable prepaid cards, which allow people to use them like a credit card or debit card through a payment network such as Visa or MasterCard. Gift cards ...

Although AmEx issues prepaid gift cards, Pass is AmEx’s first reloadable prepaid card ... Parents can load funds into accounts tied to each of the cards and monitor their kids’ spending online.

Consumers who want to give cash for the holidays should also consider gift cards and general-purpose reloadable prepaid cards, some of which are almost as widely accepted as cash and can come with ...

Reloadable gift card for any purchase at a shop - Same as above. * Mall gift card for use at any number of stores in the mall - Good for at least five years, but fees permitted after the one year ...

Gift cards are the clear winner for a straightforward gift of cash. Prepaid debit cards are more like bank accounts. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

The ABA found that 58 percent of U.S. banks currently offer or plan to offer prepaid gift cards and 52 percent currently offer or plan to offer reloadable cards that people can use like checking ...

Federal rules for merchant and bank issued gift cards mean they can't expire within five years after they're issued, or in the case of reloadable gift cards, within five years after money was last ...