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konabill
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Re: Walmart, Amex to make financial services announcement Monday

That caught my attention too......85%            unless Debit cards count ?
Revelate wrote:

85% of their transactions in the past were made by cash?  How long as go was in the past? :smileyhappy:

 

I'll certainly be interested to see what they say, Amex definitely needs to revamp some of their practices, this may be one of them enroute to being a more general purpose card issuer / servicer.

 

 


 




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creditnocash
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Re: Walmart, Amex to make financial services announcement Monday

hmm. most likely something to do with this serve pre paid they have been pushing. 

3 hours till announcement anyways. 

They're working Columbus day weekend? Those crazy corporate guys.... 

 

I don't thin walmart would be willing to drop discover that easy anyways. 

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Re: Walmart, Amex to make financial services announcement Monday

So here are the deets.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/08/us-walmart-amex-idUSBRE8970H520121008?type=companyNews

 

Just a prepaid card tied to some of the whiz-bang features in modern banking (direct deposit, remote check deposit). 

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Duncanrr
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Re: Walmart, Amex to make financial services announcement Monday


TheConductor wrote:

So here are the deets.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/08/us-walmart-amex-idUSBRE8970H520121008?type=companyNews

 

Just a prepaid card tied to some of the whiz-bang features in modern banking (direct deposit, remote check deposit). 


/yawn

 

Only if  they would had reported more about my Zync card. 



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Re: Walmart, Amex to make financial services announcement Monday

Like I said before, big woop.  


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