Provision of Pre-Paid Card Accounts to Oldham Council

About

Oldham Council awarded a contract to Prepaid Financial Services Limited for the provision of pre-paid card accounts, valued at AUD 200,000.

The prepaid cards, similar to debit cards, were primarily used to replace the manual distribution of cash to Client Finance service users (those subject to an appointeeship or Court of Protection deputyship) and for direct payments to service users in Adults and Children social care.

Following implementation, the offer of a card for direct payments for Adult Services ceased.

Three active programmes use prepaid cards provided by Prepaid Financial Services (PFS): Client Finance Programme, Direct Payments - Children's Services, and Corporate Procurement Programme.