August 15, 2012—Card Hub
Prepaid Cards Report—2012

The growth rate for prepaid card transactions was more than 20 percent between 2006 and 2009, according to the Federal Reserve, making prepaid cards the most rapidly growing form of electronic payment during that time.

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January 24, 2012—American Banker
Why Do Prepaid Debit Cards Have Such a Bad Rap?

I naively thought that Suze Orman’s new prepaid offering, the Approved Card, would help turn the tide of negativity. Instead, it has had the opposite effect, creating a seemingly endless echo chamber about the evils of prepaid.

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January 10, 2012—Forbes
You Suze, You Don’t Lose: Approval for the Approved Card

Suze Orman today announced her new Approved Card, because in her words (and inflection), “You. Can. Always. Bank. On. Me.” The card is the latest in a long line of prepaid cards, a relatively new financial instrument that functions basically like a checkless checking account, needn’t be marketed by a bank, offers tremendous value to the un- and underbanked and is often maligned for an abundance and excess of fees.

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January 10, 2012—Nightline ABC
Suze Orman: Reducing Holiday Debt

Financial expert, Suze Orman, talks about recovering from overspending after the holidays.

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January 10, 2012—Huffington Post
Suze Orman Defends Prepaid Card As ‘Just Another Financial Tool’

If personal finance megastar Suze Orman built the perfect way to use money, what would it look like? On Monday consumers found out. Her new Approved card, a prepaid MasterCard, is Orman’s first foray into the world of financial products.

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January 9, 2012—Good Morning America
Suze on Good Morning America—The Approved Card


Suze talks with George Stephanopoulos about The Approved Card, a minimum fee prepaid debit card meant to expose the hidden charges and fees of other prepaid debit cards.

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January 9, 2012—Consumer Reports
Credit Score Focus of New Celeb-backed Debit Card

Personal finance media personality Suze Orman is thinking big. She’s the first out of the gate in the fast-growing prepaid debit card market with a card that aims to help its users build a credit score. It’s a gamble that could pay off, if it can help create a way measure the creditworthiness of millions who function outside the traditional financial system.

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MORE ARTICLES

• Prepaid Cards Report – 2012
• Why Do Prepaid Debit Cards Have Such a Bad Rap?
• You Suze, You Don’t Lose: Approval for the Approved Card
• Suze Orman: Reducing Holiday Debt
• Suze Orman Defends Prepaid Card As
  ‘Just Another Financial Tool’
• Suze on Good Morning America—
  The Approved Card
• Credit Score Focus of New Celeb-backed
  Debit Card