prepaid debit cards

Taking aim at the many Americans who don't have a credit card or checking account but are inclined to shop online, Walmart is now allowing customers to pay in cash for online orders.

Suze Orman is trying to succeed where the Kardashians failed. The host of the popular TV money show is offering a new prepaid card that works much the same way as a debit card. Her goal: Offer a credit card alternative that doesn't charge you an arm and a leg.

Americans feeling disenchanted (or worse) with their banks after years of ever-increasing fees are increasingly turning to a cheap alternative tool provided by the world's largest retailer: the Walmart MoneyCard.

Could your bank teller could go postal? Offering basic consumer banking services in the form of prepaid debit cards is just one of many ideas the U.S. Post Office is considering to boost its bottom line. And even with stamp costs going up to 45 cents, the USPS is in dire need of outside-the-box solutions to its budget woes.

A pair of serial scammers have been cited for contempt and fined more than $3 million by a federal judge for defying a 2008 court order settling a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit. The contempt order was filed at the request of the FTC after the agency accused the defendants of targeting...

Now that BB&T has become the latest major bank to announce the end of free checking, untold thousands of additional cash-strapped consumers are desperately trying to find a way to make ends meet without getting hit by usurious fees. A trade group representing the prepaid debit card industry...

The U.S. Treasury is getting into the prepaid debit-card business, launching a pilot program targeting 600,000 taxpayers who receive tax refunds and inviting them to receive that money on a debit card instead of a paper check. To be sure, Uncle Sam is no relation to the Kardashians, who received a...

As we barrel on toward the holiday and gift-giving season, our friends at Mint.com created this infographic to help us understand how to best use gift cards, and avoid being ripped off. Now would be a good time to check your wallet or purse for unused cards, and cash in on their remaining value....

Banks? insatiable appetite for fee income may be swaying many consumers to use prepaid debit cards to avoid high, unfair fees, to gain control of debt and to gain access to banking services more cheaply.