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"Safe Accounts", Mobile Banking,
and Prepaid Cards

The FDIC's Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion met on April 26, 2012 to discuss the results of the FDIC's model "safe accounts" pilot program, the role of mobile banking, and how prepaid cards differ from debt and credit cards with respect to federal consumer protections for the cardholder.
www.fdic.gov/about/comein

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Updated: May 18, 2012


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