Evolve started charging a 3% fee for the usage of some debit card issued by smaller banks. Here’s a list of the reports we’ve seen on which cards do or don’t incur the fee.
- Buxx Fee
- Chime Fee
- Gift cards Fee
- GoBank Prepaid Fee (personal experience)
- LMCU No fee
- MetaBank Visa Gift Card Fee (personal experience)
- Nationwide Buxx Fee (personal experience)
- Oink Prepaid Fee
- Paypal Business Debit Fee
- Staples Easy Rebate Prepaid cards (MetaBank) Fee
- Suntrust No fee, but no points earned (1, 2)
- T-Mobile Prepaid Fee
- TD Buxx Fee (personal experience)
- UFB Direct No fee, earns points [UPDATE 4/2/15: Evolve is now charging for UFB]
- US Bank Buxx Fee (MilesWhip via personal communication)
- US Bank Mastercard Gift Card No fee (my personal experience was the same)
- US Bank Visa Gift Card No fee
Please contribute with your own experiences of what does and doesn’t work. We’ll try keeping the list up to date with information we receive.
