Prepaid autos in Pune again?Article from Daily News & Analysis: After receiving constant complaints of poor rickshaw service in Pune, the regional transport office (RTO) is working out a plan to restart prepaid rickshaw booth service in the city. However, the officials are claiming that they are not getting enough support from passengers to whom [...]
People Aren’t Ditching Cellphone Contracts for Prepaid Devices—YetArticle from Gizmodo: Long-term smartphone contracts are expensive and make carriers buckets of money. A report indicates that people are slowly wising up: In the first quarter of this year, carriers lost contract subscribers for the first time ever. Is this the beginning of the prepaid future? Not [...]
TEXT-Fitch: US banks answer Durbin with prepaid cardsArticle from Reuters: Mon May 14, 2012 1:45pm EDT May 14 – Fitch Ratings notes an increase in the offering of prepaid cards, as U.S. banks look to offset revenue reduction resulting from implementation of the Durbin Amendment. We believe Durbin could, on average, cut potential fees on [...]
Experts urge caution before investing in prepaid college tuition plansArticle from The Seattle Times:Originally published May 13, 2012 at 8:00 PM | Page modified May 14, 2012 at 6:45 AM As state universities prepare to raise tuition by double digits again this year, many families are looking to the state’s prepaid college-tuition plan to blunt [...]
12 Tips to Cut Your Cell Phone BillArticle from PC Advisor: See that cell phone next to you? Unfortunately, you’re paying too much money for it–every month. If overpaying for what you need sounds like a bad idea to you, stop doing it. We’ve assembled 12 simple actions that you can take to reduce your [...]
Digital ‘wallets’ proliferate at cellphone industry showArticle from Aiken Standard: NEW ORLEANS — Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century. At least, that’s the opinion of the electronics manufacturers, phone companies, banks and credit card issuers that expect cellphones to be the main way consumers pay for purchases in the not-so-distant future. The [...]
The debit card -Article from fees, fees and more fees – Pittsburgh Post Gazette: May 13, 2012 12:12 am Share with others: By Patricia Sabatini / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For anyone looking for the best deal on a prepaid debit card, it helps to know which fees are the most common and which ones can be easily avoided [...]
Prepaid Calling Cards Not a Bargain for LatinosArticle from Patch.com: By Janell Ross (Janell.Ross@huffingtonpost.com) In the 30 years that Mary Meza has lived in the United States, she’s developed at least two routines. Every week or so she buys a prepaid calling card and every Sunday, she uses one to call her mother in the [...]
Digital ‘wallets’ proliferate at cellphone showArticle from Chicago Daily Herald: NEW ORLEANS — Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century. At least, that’s the opinion of electronics manufacturers, phone companies, banks and credit card issuers that expect cellphones to be the main way consumers pay for purchases in the not-so-distant future. Advertisement The [...]
Should You Get a Prepaid Debit Card?Article from TIME: Walker and Walker / Getty Images There’s no question anymore: Prepaid debit cards have shifted from the fringe to the mainstream. The tipping point was Tuesday, when JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced a pilot program to launch a prepaid debit card called Liquid. It’s currently in [...]