Gift card companies are adding protections for consumers, who are increasingly being duped into sending funds to online scammers through store credit. In 2022, nearly 65,000 consumers were swindled ...

Gift cards are the clear winner for a straightforward gift of cash. Prepaid debit cards are more like bank accounts. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

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Gift cards can be like cash. But the money is accessed using a PIN assigned to the card, so that code should be securely concealed from view when you buy it. If you’re shopping for a gift card off a ...

White Elephant. Yankee Swap. Dirty Santa. The name differs from party to party, but the object of the game is the same: Give, swap and try to end the night with the best present. If you’re looking for ...

These days, everyone fancies themselves a curator of covetable items. Some find it exhausting. By T.M. Brown Gwyneth Paltrow has one. So do Amanda Seyfried and the Kardashians. Magazines like New York ...

Gift cards are an easy solution during the holiday season, but they don't always hit their mark. If you have a gift card you aren't thrilled about spending, you could turn it into cash. Shoppers do ...

If you're feeling guilty for thinking about returning that unironically ugly sweater your least favorite aunt gave you this holiday season, maybe don't. 'Tis the season of giving — and returning, ...

The idyllic holiday scene — piles of presents, smiles all around — rarely matches reality. Who among us hasn’t faced the awkward silence of a gift that falls flat? Who hasn’t been disappointed by one ...

Peter Vogt is the Co-Founder & CEO of Prepaid2Cash, a gift card redemption app providing a secure solution to turn prepaid cards into cash. In an era marked by rising inflation, gift cards have become ...

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Gift cards can make for the perfect Christmas stocking stuffer — assuming people remember to use them. Americans are expected to spend nearly $30 billion on gift cards this holiday season, according ...