Federal : Debit Card

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The Debit MasterCard® Government Card provides a simple way to manage contractor payments, disburse government benefits and emergency payments, and provide expense coverage for employees who travel infrequently.

Safer and more convenient than cash and checks, the Debit MasterCard® Government Card offers prepaid payment solutions can help your agency:
Improve efficiency and productivity

Minimize fraud, waste and abuse

Simplify benefits payments and improve service for recipients

The Debit MasterCard Government Card is a pre-funded debit card that can be used at millions of locations worldwide. You can use this flexible payment solution for a range of disbursement needs:

• Safer and more convenient access to funds for contractors and employees who travel infrequently.
• An easier way to manage payments for invitational travel events such as conferences and seminars.
• Streamlined distribution of Social Security and Veterans benefits.
• More efficient emergency disaster relief disbursements.
• A better way to track and manage the way grant money is spent.
• More control over project expenses.
• The ability to manage small purchases without having to keep cash on hand.

The Debit MasterCard Government Card streamlines operations by eliminating time-consuming processes associated with printing checks and vouchers and having to replace them if they are ever lost or stolen. Funds can be loaded onto the cards in real time and remotely from the agency card program manager’s desktop, cutting back on paperwork and reducing disbursement costs. Employees and contractors will no longer spend time cashing checks or looking for merchants which accept their vouchers. The Debit MasterCard Government Card lets cardholders make purchases from vendors or access cash from ATMs almost anywhere in the world. They provide cardholders with immediate, convenient access to funds, without the risk of cash being lost or stolen.

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The Debit MasterCard Government Card lets you issue disposable payment cards that expire when the funds are exhausted or issue re-loadable cards for individuals who are receiving multiple payments at different times or at regularly scheduled intervals. You can set various limits on each card to control spending and enforce spending policies.

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If your agency manages benefits or emergency relief payments, the Debit MasterCard Government Card gives you a secure alternative to check or voucher production and distribution. You can deliver Social Security, Veterans and Emergency relief payments in a timely way and eliminate the risk of stolen checks. The Debit MasterCard Government Card is a major step forward for benefits recipients who gain a more convenient way to access cash as well as more security, more spending options, and a user-friendly way to manage their money.

If your goal is to minimize paperwork and maximize efficiency and control by cutting back on checks, vouchers and cash disbursements, the Debit MasterCard Government Card is the solution to help you reach it.

MasterCard Worldwide is an association of banks and financial institutions. We do not issue cards directly, but we would be pleased to put you in touch with our partner financial institutions that can provide programs to fit your needs. Please click here if you would like to download a brochure with more information about our payment solutions or to be contacted by any of our partner financial institutions that can provide a program to fit your needs.

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