Merchant accounts for prepaid Visa and Mastercard programs, gift and reward cards, payroll cards and reload services, built for stored value compliance requirements. Apply with confidence.
Prepaid debit card businesses face heavy compliance requirements and restrictions from mainstream processors. Stored value, reload activity and card program management raise anti-money-laundering and fraud questions that many banks will not underwrite. As a high risk merchant account provider, Daystar provides stable merchant accounts for prepaid card issuers, program managers and stored value businesses.
We support prepaid Visa and Mastercard programs, gift and reward cards, payroll and benefit cards, and reload and top-up services. Our team helps you prepare the documentation acquirers expect, such as program agreements, KYC procedures, load limits and fraud controls, so underwriting moves forward with fewer surprises.
Daystar works with 20 acquiring banks across 4 continents and offers domestic and offshore processing, multiple MIDs and chargeback defense. There are no long-term contracts, and most decisions arrive within 24 hours. Our team reviews your program structure up front for prepaid debit card payment processing, so you know what acquiring banks will require before you commit to a launch date.
Accept credit and debit cards for card purchases, activation fees and reloads. We set processing limits around your load patterns and apply fraud screening suited to stored value, where stolen cards are often used to load funds, so legitimate customers can buy and reload without friction.


Connect a payment gateway to your cardholder portal, mobile app or retail activation flow. Tokenization, velocity limits, address and CVV checks and custom fraud rules help you stop suspicious load attempts while keeping checkout fast for returning cardholders. Returning cardholders can save a payment method for faster future reloads and balance top-ups.
Let cardholders reload and pay from their phones with mobile-friendly checkout and in-app payments. Mobile top-ups are a core feature for many prepaid and underbanked customers, and the same fraud rules apply across every channel. Push notifications and instant receipts confirm each load, which reduces confusion and disputes from cardholders who do not recognize a transaction.

Use ACH and eCheck for payroll card funding, employer benefit programs and bank-to-card loads. ACH is often the preferred rail for bulk employer funding, and it offers lower costs than cards for large program deposits. Settlement reports show each employer or partner deposit separately, which simplifies reconciliation across card programs.

Bill recurring monthly maintenance fees, subscription card plans and scheduled reloads with automated recurring billing. Clear notices before each charge and simple cancellation help keep dispute ratios low for fee-based card programs. Recurring charges can also fund automatic reloads on a schedule the cardholder chooses, such as every payday, keeping balances ready without manual top-ups.

Serve cardholders and program partners in multiple countries with multi-currency processing and domestic or offshore options. Travel and remittance-oriented card programs can route international volume to acquiring banks that accept cross-border stored value activity. Multi-currency reporting lets you track loads and fees by market and spot unusual cross-border patterns early.

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Daystar’s specialized Prepaid Card payment gateways are tailored to the unique needs of businesses, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and mitigating the challenges associated with the industry’s financial landscape. By offering reliable and seamless electronic payment processing, these gateways empower businesses to accept payments for CBD products, providing customers with a convenient and trustworthy purchasing experience.
Optimize your CBD and hemp business with our advanced ACH transfer and eCheck solutions, providing a secure and efficient payment processing experience. Say goodbye to the limitations of traditional payment methods and embrace the convenience of electronic checks. Our seamless ACH transfer system ensures quick and reliable transactions, allowing customers to make purchases with ease.n Yes. We offer chargeback alerts and fraud protection tools, with availability depending on your program. Our systems help flag fraudulent transactions and reduce chargeback risk.
Yes, we provide multiple MIDs. This feature is especially beneficial for businesses looking to diversify their payment processing across different products or services.
Expect questions about your issuing bank or program manager relationship, customer identity verification, load and spend limits, anti-money-laundering monitoring and fraud controls. Having written policies, program agreements and card-brand-compliant disclosures ready usually speeds up underwriting. Requirements vary by program and region, so confirm specifics with your compliance advisor.
Yes. We work with gift card, reward card and loyalty programs as well as general-purpose reloadable prepaid cards.
Yes. We set up processing for card reloads and top-ups online, in-app and at retail, with fraud rules designed for stored value activity.
Stored value carries money-laundering and fraud exposure, and many processors avoid it. Daystar works with acquiring banks that underwrite compliance-ready prepaid programs.