Those colorful prepaid calling cards that can be found anywhere from convenience stores to the Web are bucking the downtrend in the struggling telecom industry as sales growing at double-digit rates.

Debit cards make it easy to make purchases, shop online, and pull cash out of an ATM. But to use one, you need a checking account—and not everyone has one. If you’re a part of the “unbanked” community ...

Banks may not be noted for tackling new business trends, but Community Bank and Trust of Cornelia, Ga., could score big points for innovation with its prepaid telephone calling cards. J. Alton Wingate ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Prepaid Cards in the US, 8th Edition" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. U.S. consumers will spend $468 billion with their prepaid debit cards in ...

A Prepaid card works like a pay-as-you-go mobile phone contract – you top it up and use it like any other payment card until the balance reaches zero, at which point you can reload it with cash before ...

Long-distance phone time. Wireless time. Residential service. The number and types of prepaid products handled by c-store employees is growing faster than a teenager's phone bill. In the store, this ...

Gift cards are an easy alternative to giving money, but they do come with some limitations and potential pitfalls. Here's ...

The never-ending stream of news items tells the story: "Wawa Partners with GTS Prepaid," "7-Eleven Calls on Verizon," "EZ Mart Makes the Call." While key categories such as tobacco, gasoline, ...

U.S. wireless companies are facing difficult times. Although market penetration in the United States reached 50 percent of the nation?s population this year, double what it was just four years ago, ...

The Treasury Department already requires that so-called "money-service businesses" that issue stored-value cards register with the department and submit Suspicious Activity Reports. Greene predicts ...

As a small-business leader, one of the best ways to acquire and retain customers is to give them good reasons to visit and revisit your business. Prepaid debit cards can help customers think of you ...