Archive for March, 2010

O2 Money Card (Load and Go card)

ShareOverview: The Load & Go card from 02 is backed by Natwest bank, and can be used almost anywhere that Visa is accepted. There are a few restrictions for users who are under the age of 18, and it can’t be used for wire transfers, but in most every other way it works just as [...]

Prepaid Mastercard and Ryanair

ShareIf you are looking to avoid Ryanair’s obscene booking fees then a simple way to avoid it is to book your flights using prepaid mastercard (correct at time of writing). It used to be visa electron that didn’t incur booking fees with Ryanair but as more people started to use them it changed to prepaid [...]

The Bread Card & Cashback Shopping

ShareIf you register with the bread prepaid card then you are also eligible to apply for their cashback shopping scheme. You get a free £5 as soon as you register and you can earn money off your online shopping at over 1000 UK shops whenever you use your card. Apply for the Bread prepaid card [...]

Prepaid Cards & Gambling Sites

ShareOne prepaid credit card that you can use on onling gambing websites if the Splash Plastic prepaid card. Because the card is Maestro it also means that the fees for using the card are much lower than than Visa and Mastercard. Apply for the Splash prepaid card –> What this means is if you don’t [...]

The Splashplastic Card – Prepaid Card

ShareOverview: Splash Plastic was the very first prepaid card available in the UK. It was launched in 2001 and it’s still one of the most widely recognised cards available. Unlike most prepay cards that are now available, it uses the Maestro brand making it useable in around nine million locations world wide, and can also [...]

The Optimum Prepaid Card

ShareOverview: The Optimum card works on the MasterCard network meaning that it’s extremely versatile and can be used both in the UK and abroad very easily and in lots of locations on and offline. The Optimum card also offers a variety of tariff options (a bit like the way a mobile phone tariff works), you [...]

Bread Card Prepaid Card

ShareOverview: The BREAD card is a middle of the road prepay card, BREAD customers can load their card from over 14,000 post offices around the UK for free, or via BACS or from their wages also for free, and there are other payment options as well, but these do cost. There are two card designs [...]

The Sun Prepaid Card

ShareOverview: The Sun MasterCard is reasonably new arriving on the scene in September 2007, and it followed the successful launch of the Daily Mirror’s ‘Quidity’ card earlier the same year. Being based with MasterCard, this prepay card can be used at all retailers world wide who display the MasterCard logo, which means over 28million locations [...]

Prepaid cards & Paypal

ShareA prepaid prepaid card is treated in exactly the same way as a nomal credit or debit card by Paypal, therefore it is an excellent solution for shopping on sites like Ebay if you do not have a bank account or regular credit/debit card. It is important to remember though when registering the card on [...]

Prepaid credit cards on holiday

ShareMany people today are worried about carrying large amounts of cash when they go on holiday, and although you could use a regular credit card when you go away, many people are now opting to use a prepaid credit card at this time instead. Prepaid credit cards let you put any amount you like onto [...]