A petition and complaint from a Pennsylvania credit union member has helped launch increased regulatory interest in re-loadable prepaid cards that are being used to pay employees.

Natalie Gunshannon, a resident of Dallas Township, Pennsylvania, began a petition on change.org urging her then-employer, a local McDonald's franchise owner, to pay her through direct deposit to her credit union account and not by direct deposit onto a payroll card issued by JP Morgan Chase.

The card carried significant fees to access her money, Gunshannon complained. She noted that her credit union account and its debit card did not carry fees.

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