your credit card: How to Send Money to a Recipient Using a Prepaid Visa Card

A prepaid Visa is a useful way to send money.

Cash is the gift that keeps on giving and is always appreciated. In some cases, however, cash is not appropriate nor safe to send to a recipient which makes the prepaid Visa card the perfect alternative. The prepaid Visa card is safe to send through the mail and has all the protections of a normal Visa card. Unlike other Visa cards, no credit check is necessary to send money to a recipient using a prepaid Visa card.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need:

Cash
Envelope
Recipient's address
First class stamp

1

Visit any retail location that carries the Visa prepaid card. This includes Walmart, Walgreens and most other major retailers.
2

Take the prepaid Visa card to the register, along with enough cash to cover the purchase price and the cash amount that you wish to deposit on the card.
3

Purchase the card and wait while the cashier swipes the card to load the Visa prepaid card with your initial deposit amount.
4

Place the loaded prepaid Visa card in an envelope. Fill in the recipient's address and your return address. Place a first class stamp on the envelope. Mail it at any location that accepts US mail.