Credit score focus of new celebrity-backed prepaid debit card

Credit score focus of new celebrity-backed prepaid debit card

By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY
The Associated Press

Published Jan 14, 2012 04:32PM MDT

New York • Personal finance media personality Suze Orman is thinking big. She is the first out of the gate in the fast-growing prepaid debit card market with a card that aims to help its users build a credit score. It is a gamble that could pay off, if it can help create a way measure the creditworthiness of millions who function outside the traditional financial system.
The latest in a string of celebrities to put their stamp on a prepaid card, Orman could avoid the criticism about high fees l...

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