What are the employee benefits?
- No need to wait in queues to cash cheques at high commission rates. Access to Internet purchases
- Immediate access to funds on payday
- Can get account balance and transaction history via Internet, SMS or telephone IVR
- Easily send/receive money to/from other Prepaid Cards
- Obtain cash or make payments to merchants worldwide using
the Prepaid Card
- Greatly reduces the risk of fraud
- Safer than carrying cash
- Benefit from safety features of Chip and PIN cards
- Removes the security risks involved with handling cash and cheques
- Can make online purchases without revealing sensitive information
- Anyone can obtain a card as no bank account or previous credit history
is required
- Employers are able to issue MasterCard® branded cards
- Unbanked employees can use Prepaid Cards to make payments and obtain cash
- Removes the stigma of dealing with cash or cheques only
Payroll
The Prepaid Payroll Card holds enormous potential for payroll specific companies
as well as numerous other companies with a medium to large staff contingency (e.g.
Construction,
healthcare and retail).
Many companies' workforce could benefit from direct deposit on a Prepaid Payroll
Card. Available in clients own corporate brand, Prepaid Payroll Card solutions offer
clients an audit trail for employee expenses. For the employer, it provides the
opportunity to cut costs on processing payroll. This is especially true in those
industries where significant numbers of cheques are produced and distributed. By
providing a prepaid debit card, the employer is able to load that card with the
employee's wages within minutes, efficiently
and cost effectively.
The employees receive the funds on a card rather than having to cash a cheque and
it gives them access to shopping on the Internet or through the traditional retail
environment. Cardholders do not need to carry cash around. For the non-banked, this
solution removes the inconvenience and cost of exchanging cheques for cash, whilst
providing the benefits of a Debit Card such as access to the online world of payments.
Cash Management
Employers can deposit the weekly/monthly payroll cash to a settlement
account. Until the employee withdraws the funds, the float will earn interest for
the employer. Funds are held at a MasterCard® settlement account.
BACS returns solution
The card is significantly easier to manage for all in the value chain. This is especially
true in those industries where there is a high employee turnover or employees are
transient workers.