The Company provides high quality, affordable internet services to consumers who purchase reloadable cards.

The reloadable card may be a good option for them to keep their money safe," Mauersberg said.

Disposable and reloadable cards should be treated equally in respect of this redeemability requirement.

Visa Cash, having Danmønt technology as one of its ingredients, allows both disposable and reloadable cards.

If you choose to purchase a reloadable card, Cash Passport can be topped up again and again through Unicredit.

General-purpose reloadable cards are prepaid cards that can be used like debit cards and "topped up" periodically.

The system replaces the old cash-/token-based system with one that automatically deducts fares at Metrorail fare gates from a reloadable card.

Reloadable cards especially appeal to people who don't have bank accounts or those who aren't eligible for credit, such as teenagers or people with bad credit.

When you deposit money with a general-purpose reloadable card, the company you deposit it with pools it with others' funds and deposits them.

Wright said that, generally, general-purpose reloadable cards offer transparency in the fees they charge — and she said consumers have flexibility based on what features are most important to them.

Prepaid cards, also known as prepaid debit or reloadable cards, typically aren't linked to a checking account as regular debit cards would be.

These products include reloadable cards for everyday use, mobile payments, cards for domestic and international remittance, gift cards and virtual cards for shopping online.

Visa Cash Visa International began trials of Visa Cash in Taiwan with disposable cards and plans for reloadable cards later.

Companies like Western Union and Citibank already offer similar reloadable cards, but organizers at the worker centers say they believe they are better positioned to persuade immigrants to try their card.

And Vanessa McCutchen, a spokeswoman for American Express, had this to say in an e-mail: “Frankly, this is not something we see as an issue with our prepaid reloadable cards.”

In 2006, Metrobus Transit upgraded its fare system to use a smart card system called the m-Card, which replaces tickets and monthly passes with a reloadable card and offers a points and rewards loyalty program.

NEW YORK (AP) - MasterCard Inc. is teaming up with The Western Union Co. in the fast-growing market for prepaid cards, seeking to make it easier and more convenient to use the reloadable cards globally.

Six years after Treasury identified that vulnerability, concern that drug smugglers and terrorists are exploiting it is driving the federal government to change the rules for issuing and using prepaid cards, particularly high-value reloadable cards like the cash cards you might take with you on vacation.

But with recent regulations that have caused some banks to increase fees and reduce or eliminate traditional "free checking accounts" in order to recoup lost revenue, reloadable cards may also offer a savings over the traditional checking account, said Crystal Wright, a spokeswoman for the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, which sponsored the study.