Electronic
Arts has announced that it has "made it easier for loyal gamers to buy
their favorite EA SPORTS™ titles with the launch of the first-ever EA SPORTS
branded prepaid debit card. The reloadable prepaid debit card enables users to
receive a percent back from every purchase at thousands of brick-and-mortar and
online retailers to redeem points (“EA SPORTS Rewards Points”) that can be used
to purchase select EA SPORTS game titles."
“The EA
SPORTS DebitSmart Visa® Prepaid Card is a great opportunity for us to offer our
community of loyal customers a new way to purchase and save on their favorite
EA SPORTS game titles,” said Todd Sitrin, Group Vice President Global Marketing
at EA SPORTS. “Consumers use the card while making their everyday purchases and
are rewarded with EA SPORTS video games. This program is a perfect marriage of
encouraging responsible spending while providing a unique reward program.”
The
Visa-branded EA SPORTS prepaid card is reloadable and funds can be allocated
from a payroll direct deposit, checking account, another prepaid card or at
thousands of GreenDot and Western Union retail locations nationwide including
Wal-Mart, CVS/Pharmacy, Walgreens, Rite Aid, 7-Eleven, and Radio Shack. The EA
SPORTS DebitSmart™ Visa® Prepaid Card can be used to make purchases at more
than 20 million locations where Visa prepaid cards are accepted and have access
to millions of ATM’s worldwide.
EA SPORTS
prepaid cardholders can earn “EA SPORTS Reward Points” at over 26,000 community
brick-and-mortar retailers including Macy’s, Barnes and Noble, Sunglass Hut,
Office Max, Papa John’s and Coldstone, more than 700 online retailers including
Wal-Mart, Target, Netflix, Apple iTunes, Gap, and Toys ‘R’ Us and at select
grocery and convenience stores. Cardholders can then redeem their “Game Cash’
at the EA SPORTS store by visiting www.EASPORTSrewards.com.
Enrollment
can be done online or over the phone by calling 877-732-7114 for the EA SPORTS DebitSmart™ Visa®
Prepaid Card.
The EA
SPORTS DebitSmart Visa® Prepaid Card was created in partnership with Coconut
Creek, Florida-based StorValue Card Solutions, LLC, the industry leader of co-brand
and rewards based general purpose reloadable prepaid card products and is
issued by MetaBank™.
Source: PaymentsNews
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