The facts
- Who files
- Prepaid account issuers. Source
- How often
- On a rolling basis, whenever an issuer offers, amends or ceases to offer a prepaid account agreement. Source
- Deadline
- No later than 30 days after the issuer offers, amends or ceases to offer the agreement (12 CFR 1005.19(b)(1)). Source
- Format
- Web form. Submitted through Collect. Source
- How it is filed
- Filing routes recorded for the CFPB: HMDA Platform; Collect; Small Business Lending Data Filing Platform (beta). See how firms file with the CFPB.
- Status
- In force
- Group
- Prepaid accounts
Templates (0)
The library lists no templates for this return.
The current agreement and its fee information; not divided into separate schedules. Source
Validation rules
No published validation rules were found for this return. No standalone, published catalogue of edit checks was found on the pages read. Source
Public data
Published firm by firm. The Bureau maintains a public, searchable database of prepaid account agreements and their supporting metadata. Source
- Credit card and prepaid account agreement databases
Firm by firm · Web search
Searchable databases of the agreements submitted by card issuers and prepaid account issuers. Source
Official documents (2)
The CFPB's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- Prepaid Account Agreements
Guidance · HTML · 142.5 KB
States that the Prepaid Rule (Regulation E and Regulation Z) requires prepaid account issuers to submit their agreements to the Bureau through Collect whenever one is offered, amended or withdrawn.
- 12 CFR Part 1005, Electronic Fund Transfers (Regulation E) (2025 annual edition)
Legal text · PDF · 6.8 MB · 1 January 2025
Section 1005.19 (Internet posting of prepaid account agreements) sets the rolling, 30-day submission deadline relied on here.
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Sources
Every page and document this return's facts were read from.
- consumerfinance.gov/data-research/prepaid-accounts/
- govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2025-title12-vol8/pdf/CFR-2025-title12-vol8-part1005.pdf
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Last checked 13 November 2026.
