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Canada's Best Prepaid Mastercard and Visa Cards: Reloadable, Works Everywhere

Posted September 13th, 2008 by Dan Matan

Firstly, check out some of my other articles on Canadian prepaid cards, and alternatives for the typical prepaid card user:

BMO Prepaid Travel Mosaik Mastercard Review ("Prepaid Credit Card")

Posted February 12th, 2011 by Dan Matan
I consider the BMO Prepaid Travel Mosaik Mastercard to be the best reloadable prepaid cards on the market.

Here's (mostly) why:

Mastercard and Visa Credit Cards for Teens in Canada

Posted November 11th, 2010 by Dan Matan

Mastercards and Visa Cards for Canadian Teens


Visa Gift Cards in Canada

Posted June 14th, 2009 by Dan Matan

Background on Prepaid Visa/Mastercards in Canada

I've already written a very popular article on prepaid cards in Canada, and I do recommend reading it, as it is full of useful of information on this topic. When purchasing a card like this, it is very important to shop around and look at all of the available options. 

Prepaid Mastercard or Visa Cards as Gifts: Bad Idea For the Holidays

Posted October 27th, 2008 by Dan Matan

For Christmas, I'm sure many people are looking toward possibly buying one of those prepaid Mastercard or Visa cards. I would say DON'T buy one of these as a gift.

Prepaid Visa & Mastercards Are Worse than Store-Branded Cards as Gifts

It's like giving money that's less useful than money. Why would you want to do that? People like money, and I don't believe (unless it's really thoughtful) much in giving out non-unique gift cards when one could just use the cash.

MuchMusic Prepaid Mastercard: Get that Credit Card Feeling, for a fee

Posted October 14th, 2008 by Dan Matan

Why Get a Prepaid Mastercard or Prepaid Visa?

In my opinion, there are only two reasons to get a Prepaid Mastercard/Visa card:

  1. You can't get a credit card, but need to make some purchases that require a Mastercard/Visa Credit Card
  2. You have a credit card, but want to make a purchase 100% anonymously, or pseudo-anonymously.

The Muchmusic Prepaid Mastercard is the kind that you need to fill out an actual application for, and you get a Mastercard that has your (teen's) name on it.