“Can a prepaid Visa Debit card with early-access payroll and mobile features serve as a primary financial account for unbanked and underbanked consumers?”
NexsCard, operated by Expanse Financial Technologies, Inc., is a prepaid Visa Debit card platform targeting underbanked consumers — employees, students, and budget-conscious individuals — offering bank-like features without a traditional bank account. The product is backed by Metropolitan Commercial Bank as the issuing/sponsor bank. The platform competes in the prepaid/neobank space with early direct deposit and card-to-card transfer as differentiating features.