Evolve just sent out an email stating that they’ll no longer allow all debit/credit cards when the address doesn’t match the address on file by the bank. They specifically mention that the change will affect some gift cards.
It would seem that the change will affect all gift cards unless you register the address to yourself (something which is doable).
Okay, okay…Evolve  is hardly newsworthy anymore. For real debit cards, they should still work fine (and be fee-free);  this is just affecting the use of gift cards.
Still, they were useful as a backup for when you have lots of gift cards to unload. Also, if you had a few dollars left on a gift card, it was sometimes worth paying the flat 3% fee to unload the card. That will presumably end now.
I was particularly hopeful that they’d start allowing Amex gift cards to be used at a 3% fee sometime in the future. If that does happen, it will be less useful given the new rule.
It’s really surprising how they keep introducing these kinds of limitations; it seemed like they covered themselves pretty well with the 3% fee on gift cards. Maybe it truly is simply due to security issues.
Off to Plastiq we go…
