Visa is one of three major credit card networks in Canada. A Visa credit card allows ... and other types of payment products, including debit cards and reloadable prepaid cards.

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While a prepaid debit card might look like a credit card, it functions very differently. It doesn’t build credit, and you have to load it ahead of time with the funds you want to be able to spend.