http://www.kalixa.com/ http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Prize-Winners-Announced/ Cactus are pleased to announce the ten winners of the competition draw, who each will be receiving £200 loaded back onto their Cactus Card. All participants who took part in the soft launch trial were awarded £20 onto their Cactus Card. Those who participated in providing feedback were automatically entered into the prize draw for a chance to win a share of the £2,000 prize money. Announcing th... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Prize-Winners-Announced/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:27:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Cactus-Launch/ Vincento Payment Solutions today announced the launch of Cactus, an online eAccount and prepaid MasterCard. Customers are in full control, able to view and manage all aspects of their eAccount via the Cactus website at www.cactuscard.com including fully itemised statements and a multitude of methods to load the account. The Cactus Card is accepted anywhere that displays the MasterCard acceptanc... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Cactus-Launch/ Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/FSA-e-money-License/ On 10th March 2008, the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom authorises Vincento Payment Solutions Limited to issue electronic money. “This is a milestone for us” says Vincento CEO, Alpesh Patel. “We always intended to own the process and holding our own FSA licence means we can be very flexible, which ultimately benefits our customers. The authorisation to become a regulated... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/FSA-e-money-License/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Cactus-is-changing-its-name-to-Kalixa/ From the 2nd of November, Cactus is changing its name to Kalixa. But don’t worry, that’s all that’s changed – it’s still the same great product, just with a shiny new look. As part of the change we’ll be sending you a Kalixa Card – free of charge - your Cactus Card will keep working until you activate your Kalixa Card. We’ve been keeping you informed of these changes over the past month, both... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Cactus-is-changing-its-name-to-Kalixa/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:45:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Exchange-Rate-24th-July/ Any purchase made abroad with a Cactus Card will be converted to GBP at the end of the day, using the market rate for that day. With no Foreign Exchange Fees, and no commission, Cactus is the cheapest way to spend abroad.  Euro Difference Dollar Difference Cactus 1.15626 - 1.64312 - CaxtonFX 1.134 -€ 11.13 1.613 -$15.06 Post Office 1.130 -€ 13.13 1.6 -$21.56 Nat West 1.0947 -€ 30.78 1.5557... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Exchange-Rate-24th-July/ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Cactus-offers-holiday-money-without-the-fees/ Cactus customers can save over £46 if you use your Cactus Card for your holiday money, compared with a debit card issue by a high street bank. This illustration is based upon existing customers making 1 x ATM withdrawal of £100 and 10 x transactions of £40. It includes all charges for the cost of the Cactus Card and loading fees via electronic transfer. New customers can save £38 (considering... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Cactus-offers-holiday-money-without-the-fees/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-Signs-PaulLawrie/ London, January 13th, 2010 – Scottish golfer and former Open Champion Paul Lawrie has signed an exclusive agreement with Kalixa, the online eAccount & Prepaid MasterCard, that will see Lawrie sporting the Kalixa logo on the front of his headwear throughout 2010. Lawrie, from Aberdeen in the North East of Scotland, famously won the Open Championships in 1999 and now sits in a small bracket of... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-Signs-PaulLawrie/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:38:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Get-a-Kalixa-Card-for-a-tenner/ From Monday 8th February, applicants can now get a Kalixa Card with an initial deposit of just £10 . A one-time card registration fee of £4.95 is deducted from this, with the difference forming the opening balance on the card to spend where ever you see the MasterCard acceptance symbol. Kalixa Product Manager, Suresh Vaghjiani says "We believe that Kalixa has always offered the fairest real-lif... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Get-a-Kalixa-Card-for-a-tenner/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:00:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/UEFA-CL-Player-Escort/ Kalixa®, the UK's premier prepaid MasterCard®, today announces details of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a player escort at the forthcoming Manchester United-AC Milan return leg UEFA Champions League tie on 10th March 2010 at Old Trafford. Two lucky Kalixa cardholders will have the chance to win player escort tickets for a child to escort the players on to the Old Trafford pitch prior t... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/UEFA-CL-Player-Escort/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:42:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-in-the-Press/ CITY A.M. 04/06/2010 Personal Finance News: NO OVERSEAS FX FEES WITH KALIXA "Whether you are heading to South Africa for the World Cup or elsewhere this summer, you ought to be thinking about your currency arrangements as early as possible. Kalixa, the pre-paid Mastercard, has announced this week that it will be waiving its standard foreign exchange fee for all point-of-sale transactions made... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-in-the-Press/ Sun, 23 May 2010 14:51:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/win-a-champions-league-match-ball/ There may not be an English team in the UEFA Champions League Final being played on Saturday the 22nd May, but we’re still celebrating and giving our UK Kalixa cardholders, the chance to win. We’re giving away 10 replicas of the official match ball being used in the UEFA Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. All our cardholders have to do is to use their Kalixa Card to... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/win-a-champions-league-match-ball/ Mon, 17 May 2010 10:51:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Make-your-holiday-money-go-further-with-Kalixa/ With the wide acceptance of credit and debit cards abroad, it's all to easy to use traditional plastic when travelling. But what cardholders often miss is that their card issue will charge a fee, normally between £1.50 and £2.50, per transaction made abroad. Combined with the less than favourable exchange rate offered by the issuing bank, this can add a significant amount on to the holiday... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Make-your-holiday-money-go-further-with-Kalixa/ Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:45:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Win-big-with-NME/ Kalixa has teamed up with NME magazine to offer cash prizes to four lucky competition winners. The top prize is £350, with three runner-up prizes of £100, and each prize is conveniently loaded onto a Kalixa pay-as-you-go MasterCard®. NME is the weekly music magazine that features agenda-setting news, the UK's most comprehensive gig guide, definitive reviews of the week's hottest gigs, tracks an... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Win-big-with-NME/ Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:35:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/kalixagolfcom-site-launches/ To celebrate the launch of kalixagolf.com, Kalixa is offering two chances to win an exclusive day with former Open Champion, Paul Lawrie - for you and two friends - absolutely free. This once in a lifetime opportunity will take place on July 19th at DeVere Mottram Hall, Cheshire's magnificent 7000 yard championship course. The prize includes an hour's clinic with Paul on the 250 yard practice... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/kalixagolfcom-site-launches/ Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:28:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-is-now-even-better-value/ Kalixa is pleased to announce the removal of its card renewal fee, and the introduction of FREE loads via Bank Transfer , both online and over the counter. This provides customers with the facility to load up to £3000* per transaction free of charge, up to a total of £9000. This makes Kalixa ideal for day-to-day purchasing, and in conjunction with no foreign exchange fees, it's also great for... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-is-now-even-better-value/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:18:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/FX-Fee-offer-extended-untill-Jan-2011/ Kalixa is extending it's No FX Fee offer untill 20th Jan 2011. Kalixa continues to be the cheapest way to spend abroad , as all purchase transactions made with your Kalixa Card abroad are free. Furthermore, you will continue to benefit from the lowest exchange rate available , as Kalixa pass on MasterCard's own rate to the cardholder. The result is savings of 5-6% compared with other standard... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/FX-Fee-offer-extended-untill-Jan-2011/ Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/MasterCard-Christmas/ MasterCard Prepaid cardholders have the chance to win 1 of 3 Priceless presents this Christmas including: VIP Trip to the Brit Awards 2011 VIP Film premier experience Tickets to the UEFA Champions League Final 2011 All courtesy of MasterCard. Simply follow this link and enter your details including your Kalixa Card number to go into the draw to win one of these priceless experiences. http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/MasterCard-Christmas/ Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:38:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/No-Foreign-Exchange-Fees-Forever/ Kalixa is pleased to announce that due to the huge success of the Kalixa Summer of Travel, we will be permanently waiving foreign exchange fees from the 20th of January. That means NO FX fees, NO commission and NO transaction charges when you make purchases abroad using your Kalixa Card. No matter where you are - or what currency you are using - Kalixa provides the same great value. No more... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/No-Foreign-Exchange-Fees-Forever/ Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:00:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Paul-Lawrie-wins-Open-de-Andalucia-de-Golf/ Kalixa sponsored Paul Lawrie has won the Open de Andalucia de Golf in Malaga, Spain. Paul's consistent play saw him only drop 1 shot in the first 54 holes to take the lead at the end of day 3, one shot ahead of the pack on 12 under par. But a tough start on the final day with 3 bogeys in 5 holes saw Paul drop down the leaderboard before mounting his come back from hole 10, with 3 birdies... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Paul-Lawrie-wins-Open-de-Andalucia-de-Golf/ Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:56:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-wins-Prepaid365-award/ Prepaid365, the UK's leading prepaid card comparison site, today announces Vincento Payment Solutions’ Kalixa® prepaid MasterCard as the winner of its ‘Best Newcomer Prepaid Card’ at the Prepaid365 Card Awards 2011. The Prepaid365 Awards recognises the best in class prepaid card providers in the UK across a wide range of categories, such as money transfer, travel, payroll, gaming, general spend... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-wins-Prepaid365-award/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:23:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-introduces-Ukash/ Kalixa introduced Ukash as its new payment partner, enabling Kalixa cardholders to make safe and instant deposits into their eAccount. With Ukash, Kalixa provides cardholders the opportunity to top up their prepaid MasterCard® by simply purchasing a voucher, which can be done in cash at local Ukash agents, wherever a PayPoint, Payzone or epay logo is displayed. Ukash is available from hundreds ... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-introduces-Ukash/ Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:20:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/LandingPages/Ryanair-Cash-Passport-vs-Kalixa/ Despite the recent changes to Ryanair's payment charges, canny travellers can still save money using Kalixa to pay for their holiday. Take a look at our holiday comparison to see why you're still better off with Kalixa... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/LandingPages/Ryanair-Cash-Passport-vs-Kalixa/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:13:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-Refer-a-Friend/ Kalixa cardholders can now earn money for recommending the prepaid MasterCard® to their friends, family and colleagues. Kalixa’s new Refer a Friend facility rewards customers with £5 for each person that registers for a Kalixa Card as a direct result of their recommendations. Each newly signed-up customer will also earn £5 when responding to a recommendation. Suresh Vaghjiani, Head of Product... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-Refer-a-Friend/ Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:01:00 GMT http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-Celebrates-3rd-Birthday/ In just three short years, the benefits of a pay-as-you-go MasterCard, combined with Kalixa's fair and transparent fees, have established Kalixa as a market-leading prepaid card – and a real alternative to a credit card. With thousands of new customers signing up each week, Kalixa is well established in the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, and is on track to expand into Spain and the... http://www.kalixa.com/en-GB/Guest-Areas/About-Kalixa/News/Kalixa-Celebrates-3rd-Birthday/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT