General Questions:
What is the UPside service and the UPside prepaid card?
Why would I sign up for UPside instead of a traditional checking account or credit card?
Who is behind UPside?
I have not received emails from UPside?
FAQ
General Questions:
What is the UPside service and the UPside prepaid card?
UPside is a money management service that comes with an UPside Visa Prepaid Card and an online virtual check book. You can receive funds through direct deposit or cash loads at more than 50,000 retailers nationwide. Because it's prepaid, your spending is limited to the amount of money received on the account. All purchases and payments that you make with your UPside card are decremented from your available balance in real time. And, unlike most other prepaid cards, you will earn reward points redeemable for cash back for all your online purchases made at leading US retailers through our shopping mall.
The UPside prepaid card account has lower fees than other spending cards available. And the majority of these fees can be avoided by managing your card correctly - checking your balance online, loading funds from an employer or from a checking account, making sure you always have suitable funds on your prepaid card account. Please see the Terms and Conditions for more information on our low fees.
Why would I sign up for UPside instead of a traditional checking account or credit card?
Unlike other banking products, UPside is a great real-time budgeting tool for your spending, as you can only spend the funds available on the prepaid card account - meaning that you will not go into debt like many do with credit cards or "overdraft protection" plans that most retail banks offer. And, with UPside, you do not pay for incoming loads, unlike with most retail banks. Anyone can register, even with poor or no credit. UPside is the most powerful and effective means to help you develop responsible spending behaviors, while still having the freedom to shop everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted.
The UPside service and UPside prepaid card are operated by Plastyc Inc, based in New York, NY. The UPside Visa Prepaid Card is issued by Metabank in Sioux Falls, SD.
I have not received emails from UPside?
If you did not receive emails from UPside within 10 minutes please check your spam filter and add ibankup.prepaidcard@upsidecard.com and uspide.visa@upsidecard.com to your trusted senders or safe list. In some cases html content is marked as spam by some email providers. Be sure to check your spam folder.
