Saying that the prepaid card it once built its Wallet around had become obsolete, Google has moved to kill that payment option, effective Oct. 17, according to an announcement emailed to users and also posted on a Google blog.

Google recently opened the Wallet to allow linking to many credit and debit cards and, citing that as the reason, Google indicated it no longer believed its prepaid card served a purpose.

The company added that, effective Sept. 17, users would no longer be able to add additional funds to their prepaid balance.

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