Visa was sued on Tuesday by consumers who said the card payments network failed to make prepaid "Vanilla" gift cards less likely to being drained by thieves.

Vanilla gift cards can be used at any establishment that accepts Visa and/or Mastercard. United States consumers load more than half a trillion dollars per year into prepaid debit and gift cards ...

The card's history showed there were $50 worth of Google Music purchases, before she even received it! When calls and emails to Visa weren't returned, Woestendiek emailed 7 Problem Solvers for help.

An Irvine woman thought she had $500 loaded onto a Visa Vanilla gift card given to her a year ago. It was empty.

Then when I went to use the card again, it was zeroed out and the second card I checked also and it was zeroed out as well," Baker adds. He says it was about $ 140 on the Vanilla Visa gift cards gone.

Vanilla Prepaid gift cards trigger a string of post-holiday complaints and some consumers say their money was taken as soon as the card was activated.

New York (CNN) — A Georgia-based company that makes many popular gift cards faces a lawsuit in California alleging it failed to take precautions to prevent scammers from draining gift cards of ...

A Georgia-based company that makes many popular gift cards faces a lawsuit in California alleging it failed to take precautions to prevent scammers from draining gift cards of their value – a ...

He has filed suit against a giant in the gift card business: Incomm, makers of Vanilla brand gift cards. These are the cards you find on racks in places like Walmart and Walgreens.

The reason why prepaid Visa Vanilla gift cards as well as other prepaid gift cards are being targeted by card draining scams is because of their versatility. These kinds of cards “can be used ...