How secure is my money with powerpaycard?
A powerpayCard is more secure than a bank card. Like a bank card, nobody can get at your cash without your Personal Identification Number (PIN). What’s more, unlike a bank card, the maximum risk that you face is the amount of money stored on the card. With a normal bank card, someone who steals both your card and PIN may be able to clean out your entire bank account. When it comes to the question of security, the term “stored value” may be a little misleading. The money is not actually stored on the card. It is stored on our secure computers and can only be accessed if you provide your PIN when you use your card online.Your PIN is not stored anywhere on your card, not even on the magnetic stripe. The information on the stripe merely identifies you so that our systems can compare the PIN that you enter to the one that is stored in our secure computers. That way, a thief who steals your card cannot learn your PIN even with a magnetic card reader.Because your PIN is so critical to the sec
