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October 27, 2009 Archives

How to check your gift card balance without leaving home

Jeremy Simon | October 27, 2009 | Living with credit

Tags: American, AmEx, balance, card, CFA, consumer, Express, federation, gift, MasterCard, money, prepaid, Visa

You no longer have to reach the store register with merchandise in hand, only to be told your gift card has a zero balance: American Express, MasterCard and Visa now let gift cardholders check how much money is left on their plastic without leaving home

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