Since Visa gift cards are not tied to a traditional bank account, you can't use them for credit card payments. You can't use Visa gift cards to purchase cash or cash-equivalents such as money orders, either.
Generally, the card processor will dictate whether or not an electronic payment card is accepted by a company for a bill payment. Store gift cards typically can't be used for bill payment unless with that specific retailer. Beyond that, most prepaid cards will work in the same manner that any regular payment card will.
Yes. You can transfer money from a visa gift card to your bank account. To transfer visa gift cards to bank accounts, it is important you understand what type of prepaid card you have. Basically, visa gift cards are the same as Visa credit cards in usage.
Unfortunately, you cannot use any kind of debit or credit card to make your payment, including MoneyCards and gift cards. Capital One does not accept them as a form of payment.
You cannot pay a credit card with a prepaid card. While you can use prepaid cards to make bill payments, credit cards are not among the things that can be paid with a prepaid card. You can only pay a credit card from a bank account, and prepaid cards are not linked to bank accounts.
The all-purpose Visa Prepaid card is a prepaid card that you can use to withdraw cash, pay bills or make purchases anywhere Visa Debit cards are accepted, in-person or online.
Re: How can I pay my credit card balance with a Visa Gift Card? You can't directly. You would need to get a PIN, buy a money order, deposit the money order, then pay it off.
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You can save your gift card balance by transferring it to your bank account. Fortunately, there are many ways to do this: using PayPal, Venmo, Raise, Square, MoneyGram, and exchange kiosks.
To pay with a prepaid card over the phone (by calling (800) 227-4825) or in a Capital One branch, you must be a customer who made debit card payments in the past. As you might already know, a prepaid card is just a type of debit card, so it qualifies.
You can typically transfer money from your prepaid card to your bank account online, by logging in to prepaid card's app or website. If your prepaid card does not allow transfers to bank accounts, you can use a third party service like MoneyGram to make the transfer.
You can deposit a gift card to your bank account, although not directly. Visa gift cards are treated like Visa credit cards, meaning the balance isn't transferable to an account.
PayPal is a money transfer platform that allows you to transfer money from one person to another. In addition, you can transfer the balance of a Visa Gift Card to your PayPal account to use it for different types of transactions.
A: Yes. You may withdraw cash against the balance on most Mastercard prepaid and gift cards at any ATM. However, not all prepaid and gift card issuers allow ATM or foreign transactions. Be sure to check with your card issuer to ensure that these types of transactions are permitted.
Bottom Line: The simple answer is that you cannot use a physical debit card to pay your credit card bill. You will have to set up payments using the nine-digit routing number from the checking account your debit card is linked to. At the end of the day, the money is coming from the same place.
Cash App supports debit and credit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Most prepaid cards are also supported, but depositing to these cards does not work. ATM cards, Paypal, and business debit cards are not supported at this time.
You can't, unfortunately, insert your Mastercard gift card into an ATM, select an option, and watch your bank balance climb. While a transfer into a bank account via an ATM is usually possible with a credit or debit card, the only way you can use a Mastercard gift card is to: Pay for goods or services in-store.
To send money from your Vanilla gift card to your bank account all you need to do is select “transfer funds” and initiate your transfer to the correct bank account.
Prepaid card users have options to use their prepaid cards with P2P apps, like PayPal and Venmo. But there are limitations. Venmo is the only fee-free app to use prepaid cards for payments. And bank accounts are still the cheapest, easiest way to get money out for any of the P2P apps.
Yes. Anywhere in the U.S. where PayPal is accepted you can use prepaid gift cards that have a Visa®, MasterCard®, American Express®, or Discover® logo on it.