Good evening everyone, I wish I had better news to share, but I am very sad to let you know that today it was announced that the Nationwide Visa Buxx Card program is shutting down on February 28, 2017 (according to the announcement on their homepage). You will still be able to reload your Visa Buxx Cards until January 31, 2017, which gives you time for 3 more weekly reloads before the reload deadline. If you have not spent down the balance on your cards before February 28, the funds will be refunded back to your funding credit card (this refund would void the miles, points, or cash back you would have earned), so you should spend down the balance on your cards before February 28.

This shutdown is not totally unexpected, actually, it has been overdue for quite a long time. I guess Nationwide finally decided that they were tired of being used for pajama MS. My only question now is… why did they pick the below image? Why are both women smiling and looking out the window? Is Nationwide going to introduce a new product that is superior to the Visa Buxx Card? It’s unlikely, but it could happen.