But in the following circumstances prepaid cards may help.

"You can take people to dinner, and they don't know it's your prepaid card."

There are some cases when a prepaid card can be worth having.

The company sells 200 different prepaid cards and reported income last year of $1.9 million.

Another example of open system prepaid cards is the Payroll card.

After buying the prepaid card, calls can be made immediately.

Microsoft Points can be obtained through prepaid cards in 1,600 and 4,000-point denominations.

The prepaid cards mean there is less cash on the premises.

The prepaid cards launched by the bank in September 2011 under gift and international travel received good response from the customers.

Learn how to wisely choose, or use, a prepaid card.