Yeah, both GonZo and myself have a ton of info and a few interesting angles we haven't played from our little pre-paid adventure last year. We also have some scars...mostly from dealing with mainstream morons, which is ultimately why the project was shelved.
The business opportunity for alternative processing is there and valid, and grows everytime MC/Visa tighten the screws. The trick is getting the card in the hands of enough users to reach critical mass and have it take on a life of it's own....like Paypal did with auctions. With pre-paid we actually had some retail distribution lined up and ready to go which afforded some interesting opportunities for bringing totally new blood into the marketplace.
Anyhoo, all this talk has a few creative juices flowing on the subject again. You, me and GonZo probably need to compare notes and see if we have any pieces between us that might be mutually beneficial.
Ping me with a current email as well at hellpuppy at hellpuppy dot com.
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