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Economy => Trading Discussion => Topic started by: Stephen Gornick on January 31, 2011, 02:41:22 AM



Title: Cash-accepting prepaid card kiosk, coming to a U.S. city near you
Post by: Stephen Gornick on January 31, 2011, 02:41:22 AM
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ReadySTATION, a self-service kiosk instantly issues an activated prepaid ReadyCARD, as well as allows consumers to [insert cash to] reload their ReadyCARD or check account balances.
 http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=rctc.pk (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=rctc.pk)

Up to $500 in value can be added at the kiosks.  

The reloadable stored value cards have a $5/month maintenance fee.  There is a Mastercard prepaid card that, when used only for paying for mass transit in L.A., carries no fee.

Currently, ReadySTATION kiosks are available in the following cities:
  • Los Angeles
  • Minneapolis / St. Paul
 The kiosk provider's website shows another ten cities so presumably they are the next locations where service will be rolled out.
  http://www.myreadycard.com/locator.aspx (http://www.myreadycard.com/locator.aspx)

The card may be managed using an iPhone app:
  http://www.myreadycard.com/mobile.aspx (http://www.myreadycard.com/mobile.aspx)