AUSTIN – NetSpend, the nation's leadingprovider of prepaid reloadable debit, gift and travel cards, todayannounced it is offering sports fans the Vince Young All-Access(R) Visa(R)Prepaid Card from NetSpend, through a new website, http://www.VinceYoungCard.com . Vince Young, quarterback for the National Football League's Tennessee Titans, signed his first professional endorsement agreement with NetSpend in 2006.
The Vince Young Prepaid Visa Card is now available for $9.95. CurrentNetSpend cardholders and new NetSpend customers can visit http://www.VinceYoungCard.com to sign up for the card featuring the 2006 "Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year(1)," read about card features and learn more about prepaid cards. Fans can also visit http://www.netspend.com for purchase and load locations in Texas andTennessee. The Vince Young Prepaid Visa Card is issued by Inter NationalBank and MetaBank, members FDIC.
"NetSpend congratulates Vince Young for receiving the well-deserved'Offensive Rookie of the Year' award. Now his fans outside of Texas andTennessee can realize the benefits of prepaid through this unique financialvehicle," said Rick Savard, CEO of NetSpend. "It is our goal to make ourproducts widely accessible and easily manageable for our customers, many ofwhom prefer to initiate and access their account online, whether at home,work or community centers."
The user-friendly site is easy to navigate and offers clearexplanations of important topics such as how and where to reload and usethe card, security information, price plans, features and fees, frequentlyasked questions and terms and conditions. Visitors to the site can sign upfor the card in minutes with three easy steps:
-- Step 1 - Customer visits the site at http://www.VinceYoungCard.com and begins the process by filling out personal contact information including name, address, and e-mail.
-- Step 2 - Customer verifies personal identification by providing birth date, social security number, phone number and completing the digital verification field. To use other forms of identification besides social security number, customers should call 1-86-NETSPEND.
-- Step 3 - Customer registers a username and password of his choice for online access to the card account and management features.
Once the customer completes the sign-up process, the site will providethe customer with a list of reload locations near the address registeredfor the card with quick links to maps and directions. New cardholders canimmediately access their accounts online, and they will receive their newVince Young Prepaid Card within 10 business days. Instant and freecardholder transfers are also available. The purchase price of $9.95 isapplied upon the first load.
With the Vince Young Prepaid Card, cardholders can make purchases atmillions of worldwide merchant locations and Web sites everywhere Visadebit is accepted, and cardholders can add funds to the card at any one ofthousands of NetSpend partner retail locations nationwide. The cardfeatures valuable financial management tools including Direct Deposit,Anytime Alerts, Bill Pay and the NetSpend National Savings Program, nowpaying a 3 percent annual percentage yield*, available to all cardholderswith no additional fees and no minimum balance or deposit required.Cardholders can maintain a balance up to $10,000 and funds are federallyinsured**. In addition to worldwide acceptance, NetSpend Prepaid Cards areprotected against fraudulent or unauthorized transactions if lost orstolen.
* Interest is calculated on the average daily balance and paid quarterly.
** FDIC Insurance is provided through the issuing bank listed on the back of the cardholders prepaid card.
About NetSpend Corporation
NetSpend Corporation is the leading provider of innovative, accessibleprepaid debit cards that enable financial freedom and growth forself-banked consumers. Grounded by a mission of financial empowerment,NetSpend is committed to meeting its customers' financial services needs ontheir terms while offering the convenience, security and acceptance ofconventional financial services. NetSpend's proprietary processing platformis unique in the industry and allows it to support prepaid card programsend-to-end from customer acquisition and card fulfillment to customerservice and risk management. The NetSpend(R) Prepaid Card Network includesleading consumer brands and the foremost companies serving the un-bankedand under-banked markets, and its strategic relationships include cardissuers, EFT networks and payment card associations.
(1) The Associated Press named Vince Young the "Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year" on January 3, 2007.
