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In mid-December the Federal Reserve released their latest payments study, which incorporated a number of statistics that demonstrate significant growth in the prepaid card industry. The study, which encompassed all forms of non-cash payments, analyzed the credit, debit, ACH, check, and prepaid card payments made by consumers over the past decade. As was revealed in the study, payments made with prepaid cards experienced an annual growth rate of 15.8 percent from 2009 to 2012, reaching a....