Bluebird verses Green Dot. Prepaid wins.
Walmart made Green Dot. Now it's making Blue bird. The low-cost merchant has long offered a full suite of payments ...
Tag: prepaid
Fifth Third Launches Reloadable Prepaid Card, Access 360°
Fifth Third Bank announced the launch of a reloadable prepaid card product, Access 360°, this week. Banks are hurrying to launch ...
Let’s Halve the $78b Spent by the Underbanked on Fees and Split the Difference
People generally assume serving the underbanked is a noble thing to do. And it is, if you do it right. ...
With Bluebird, 4,500 Walmarts Become Mini (or Mega?) Bank Branches
You've heard of in-store bank branches? Bluebird does that one better -- it turns Walmart stores, all 4,500 of them, ...
I’ve seen the future, and it’s Prepaid
About a year ago, a friend set up a call for me with Suze Orman, while she was still planning ...
More than one in four Americans are Unbanked or Underbanked
The FDIC updated its 2009 figures (based on 2008 Census data) of who uses what kind of basic financial services ...
It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green Dot
Kermit is not the only LA-based green creature that feels misunderstood. Just over a week ago, Green Dot Corporation (GDOT) ...
Compass Principles: Moving in the Right Direction
My partner in crime, Jennifer Tescher, who runs the Center for Financial Services Innovation, is leading a bold movement to ...
Can you do banking without a banking license?
Clearly, to be a deposit taking bank and offer products like Mortgages, loans, savings accounts and so forth, it would ...
