{"id":22398,"date":"2014-03-04T23:20:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T23:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/newsroom\/prepaid-industry-names-hr-block-emerald-mastercard-best-in-category\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T12:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T18:48:52","slug":"emerald-mastercard-voted-best-prepaid-debit-card","status":"publish","type":"newsroom","link":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/newsroom\/around-block\/financial-products\/emerald-mastercard-voted-best-prepaid-debit-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepaid industry names H&#038;R Block Emerald Mastercard\u00ae best in category"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after Hollywood\u2019s stars gathered to celebrate the industry\u2019s best, the prepaid debit card industry gathered in Las Vegas to crown its best of the best. Wearing that crown this year is the H&amp;R Block (NYSE: HRB) Emerald Prepaid Mastercard<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, named Best in Category by industry publication Paybefore.<\/p>\n<p>H&amp;R Block President of Financial Services Greg Quarles, who earlier this year compared this prestigious industry honor to winning an Oscar<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, accepted the award on behalf of the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the culmination of eight years of hard work by a number of people,\u201d Quarles said. \u201cWe have worked to make the Emerald Card one of the lowest cost, most consumer friendly prepaid debit cards in the industry. I\u2019m honored to accept this award on their behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Stocking the trophy case<\/h2>\n<p>The Best in Category win is in addition to the Top of the Wallet award announced in January and is the latest in what is becoming a long list of industry accomplishments. In the past year alone, the Emerald Card received recognition from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/cro\/2013\/07\/prepaid-cards-fees\/index.htm\">top publications<\/a> due to the card\u2019s low fees, user-friendly features, online functionality and security.<\/p>\n<p>The Emerald Card, one of the three largest prepaid card portfolios in the country, was also ranked among the top three consumer-friendly prepaid debit cards by Bankrate.com. Last year the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/mobile-apps\/\">Emerald Card Mobile Banking<sup>TM<\/sup> app<\/a> was named the Outstanding Mobile Wallet and Mobile Application by Paybefore. Also, earlier this year the company announced a partnership to increase the reload locations.<\/p>\n<p>Close to 2.5 million H&amp;R Block clients opted for the Emerald Card in 2013, loading more than $8.7 billion. Since the Emerald Card\u2019s launch in 2006, more than $50 billion has been loaded onto Emerald Cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after Hollywood\u2019s stars gathered to celebrate the industry\u2019s best, the prepaid debit card industry gathered in Las Vegas to crown its best of the best. Wearing that crown this year is the H&amp;R Block (NYSE: HRB) Emerald Prepaid Mastercard\u00ae, named Best in Category by industry publication Paybefore. 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