The MasterCard® Prepaid Government Benefits Card is an electronic disbursement solution that provides an effective alternative to cheques and cash. The prepaid card enables agencies to quickly and easily disburse a variety of government benefits, including:

• • Pension payments
• • National government funded benefits (such as Child Benefit)
• • Local government funded benefits (such as Housing Benefit)
• • Emergency assistance programmes for disaster relief

This reloadable prepaid card effectively streamlines business processes associated with benefits disbursements while increasing an agency's control and helping to reduce cost inefficiencies.

Cardholders can use the card to pay bills, withdraw cash at ATMs, and make purchases at merchant locations wherever MasterCard is accepted, including over the internet.