Why buy a bankcard...
 

Why do people need to buy reloadable bankcards, why not just go to your bank and have one issued???:confused: Just saw a commercial for one.

i see that damn commercial all the time and it never makes sense to me either

it seems just silly

For a little bit I didn't have a bank account.. and I would go to a check cashing place to cash my checks... they had ads for them there.. so.. I'm assuming it's aimed at people who can't get bank accounts... :shrug:

that would make the most sense.

Are we talking bankcard or visa? They now have reloadable Visas for people especially teenagers who want a Visa but can't apply for them or people who want to use ebay or paypal.

i figured it was for teens as well

werd

What is stopping someone from opening a bank account, other than illegal activities? I opened an account when I was a teen.

I think it's aimed at people that don't need access to all their money at any given time. Either teens with an allowance, compulsive spenders, just irresponsible people in general.

I couldn't get one for a little bit for past financial reasons.