Consumers loaded $40.85 billion onto the cards in 2010 -- up 43% from the previous year, according to a 2011 study by the Mercator Advisory Group.Not to be confused with reloadable retailer cards ...

It looks like a credit card and spends like a debit card. But a reloadable prepaid card is in a class by itself. Sometimes called "prepaid debit cards," or (less correctly) "prepaid credit cards ...

Along with the 5% savings in the store, at Starbucks locations inside Target and on specialty gift cards, the Reloadable Target RedCard has no annual or monthly fees.

If you got gift cards as presents this holiday season, you should get out and use them up now, before they get buried in a drawer, lose value or expire. Even though laws passed in recent years ...

Buying a Gift Card is easy, and while legislation has eliminated a number of the gotchas associated with these presents, some drawbacks remain. Consumer Reports explains why.

CHICAGO - McDonald's Corp. has an idea for a stocking stuffer, and it isn't substituting burgers and fries for the traditional holiday dinner. The fast-food chain formally launched its new ...

If you got gift cards as presents this holiday season, you should get out and use them up now, before they get buried in a drawer, lose value or expire. Fox Business. Personal Finance.

This is an important distinction because reloadable prepaid cards are not covered by the Credit CARD Act’s rules for gift cards, while true gift cards -- even those that carry the American ...

But merchants were heavily promoting reloadable gift cards long before the legislation appeared for another reason: to get consumers more engaged with their brands, says Michael Hursta, vice president ...