Lots of people are reporting issues when attempting to use Metabank Visa gift cards at Walmart or Kroger for things like billpay or money orders. Previously, the Metabank-issued cards were typically considered debit cards and were able to be used for money-like transactions.
For the past few days, there seems to be a limit in some/all Walmart locations that each swipe must be under $100 or $50 (varying reports). And there’s also some issues with using these cards at Kroger as well.
These new issues are only with the Metabank and Sunrise cards, not with cards from US Bank. (Vanilla/Bancorp have always been difficult to use at Walmart for many years.)
I haven’t been playing the Visa gift card game lately, but thought it worth a headsup to be aware of potential issues. Feel free to discuss tips and suggestions in the comments below.
