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Open Serve: Do 1 of the following:
1) Buy a temporary card. (free in cvs in NJ won’t take cc)($3.95 fee), or
2) Open online. They’ll send you a card. (free)
Note that you COULD have more than one of these: Bluebird (BB), Redcard and serve. 

Loading Serve: Serve does not have any fees to load money.
a) At CVS, 7-11, and Rite Aid ONLY CASH can be loaded.
b) At Walmart GCs …uh Debit Cards (besides Vanilla cards) can be loaded onto Serve just like onto BB. Load limit: $2500/day up to $5000/month
c) At Family Dollar max $499.99/Day, not hard coded, YMMV, Cash or Debit/Gift Card.
WARNING: There are reports of debit cards being drained at FD, and not loading onto Serve, so FD is not recommended.
d) An Amex CC of the serve cardholder can be linked and used to fund your Serve ONLINE. Load limit: $200 per day/$1000 per month
Amex cc loads are not considered cash advance. They DO NOT earn points, or count towards a spending threshold.
e) Debit Cards linked to Serve: $200/day up to 1000/month ONLINE.  But only a permanent DC with your name on it. (NOT GCs)

So your total loading limit per month, if using all 3 methods is $7K.

-Serve has a $1 monthly inactivity fee (waived in VA, NY and TX) that is waived if you use Direct Deposit OR add $500.
-If Serve has a bonus for using direct deposit, use AP.

Using the funds on Serve:
-Free ATM use/withdrawal at MoneyPass ATMs. $2 elsewhere.
-Serve has a Bill Pay feature – same as BB.  You tell them who to pay, and they send a check for you.  You can pay up to 5k of unregistered billers, but 10K of registered ones (registered= those on their bill pay list). Pay your Credit Cards bills as well as many other bills or any person!
WARNING: Do not use the bill pay feature to pay the Credit Card that is linked for online loads.
-money in your Serve account can be withdrawn directly to a linked bank account, which, if done too much, may be seen as risky by Serve, but in moderation should be fine.
Withdraw to your bank https://secure.serve.com/Actions/WithdrawMoney

Make sure the name, address and phone number on your profile match your credit card billing address, or you may get declined.  When linking your credit card at serve.com, the website will only show you the address on your profile, but not the phone number, so this is easy to overlook.  Go to profile, and check/update your phone number there.

Error likely with the Serve account:
When you create a new account and add a credit card, you will be allowed to do the first transaction. After that, your account will probably go into system lockdown until you verify some information. Likely error message for this case is "Risk declined operation" when you try to add money on to the account. You will need to send in (online, fax or mail) a photo ID and a copy of your credit card or statement. Upload your documents here -
https://secure.serve.com/User/SecureFileUpload. Then Call up AMEX Account Protection Services at 1-800-555-4318 and tell them you uploaded the documents and ask them to verify it for you.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3800 on: August 05, 2015, 02:02:28 PM »

Yesterday there was news that Visa loads to Serve at Walmart were being rejected. Does anyone have an update on it..whether it is back to normal or it is banned now?

I read several threads, but dont see anything, may be I missed it.

The system was working yesterday and today.

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3801 on: August 05, 2015, 02:16:26 PM »
The system was working yesterday and today.

Thanks. So, need to drag wife to mall first and then to Walmart to do the monthly loads :)

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3802 on: August 06, 2015, 02:38:24 PM »
Looks like there is not a Green Serve card with FREE Reloads ... is it new or was it there before?
Also what does loading a VGC onto Serve card consider to be "Cash Reload"? I noticed there is a $3.95 fee for "cash Reload"

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Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3803 on: August 06, 2015, 07:56:23 PM »
Interesting, in Puerto Rico there seems to be a law that for every Amex reload, there is a $10 charge. I was trying to load only to see the screen tack on an extra $10 on my load.. I politely declined.
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Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3804 on: August 07, 2015, 07:28:24 PM »
I bought a few items at nordstrom, and mistakenly had the money returned onto my serve card - instead of a standard bank card.
Amex took the money out of my account, ( against terms to have money refunded to serve if I didn't buy the items with my serve card ) and claimed to have sent it back to nordstrom. Nordstrom is saying they never received the money.
I've been on the phone countless times trying to figure out what happened to no avail. Does anybody have any solutions how to figure this mess out ? Thank you very much.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3805 on: August 12, 2015, 05:06:04 PM »
Visa GC Still working?

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3806 on: August 25, 2015, 10:03:14 AM »
Local FD had a visit from an Amex Serve rep yesterday. The location will now be charging 3.95 to load a Serve card. Please post your experiences - need to know if this is across the board or isolated. (All of my hard earned FD friends have been converted :(
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3807 on: August 25, 2015, 04:45:51 PM »
is there a limit of Sub-accounts i can add? 

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3808 on: August 25, 2015, 04:47:37 PM »
is there a limit of Sub-accounts i can add?
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3809 on: August 25, 2015, 07:14:43 PM »
Local FD had a visit from an Amex Serve rep yesterday. The location will now be charging 3.95 to load a Serve card. Please post your experiences - need to know if this is across the board or isolated. (All of my hard earned FD friends have been converted :(
It depends on card from what I hear

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3810 on: August 25, 2015, 07:57:40 PM »
It depends on card from what I hear
By card you mean by serve or by gc? Didn't even start the process, he just told me right off the bat. You think only Vanilla is changed?
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3811 on: August 25, 2015, 08:04:09 PM »
By card you mean by serve or by gc? Didn't even start the process, he just told me right off the bat. You think only Vanilla is changed?
No could be they think it will charge bc there is 3 dif serve cards and some of them charge others don't.

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3812 on: August 28, 2015, 01:14:03 PM »
im told the FD near me may charge a 3-something dollar fee for loads tho my friend tried it and no fee was charged. anyway, loading online works for min spend but just doesn't get points, is that correct?
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3813 on: August 29, 2015, 03:27:35 PM »
loading online works for min spend but just doesn't get points, is that correct?
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3814 on: August 30, 2015, 06:06:35 PM »
when loading serve with a amex cc i guess it has to be the same name , if the cc is just a AU with the same name is that good as well ?
 if the name on the card is the same but the social s different will it be a problem ?
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3815 on: August 30, 2015, 06:08:56 PM »
when loading serve with a amex cc i guess it has to be the same name , if the cc is just a AU with the same name is that good as well ?
 if the name on the card is the same but the social s different will it be a problem ?
Au is fine just make sure u put same address. Don't no about ssn bc I don't put on my au....

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3816 on: August 30, 2015, 06:08:57 PM »


when loading serve with a amex cc i guess it has to be the same name , if the cc is just a AU with the same name is that good as well ?

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3817 on: August 30, 2015, 06:09:27 PM »
what is the difference between the blue serve and the green ?
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3818 on: August 30, 2015, 06:10:45 PM »
what is the difference between the blue serve and the green ?
One has a charge to load in stores the other has a charge every month unless ur from ny....

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3819 on: August 30, 2015, 06:14:41 PM »
Au is fine just make sure u put same address. Don't no about ssn bc I don't put on my au....
how do you get a AU without a social ?
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