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INSTITUTIONAL COMPLIANCE RECORD / Q3 2024

WHOLESALE PREPAID DISTRIBUTION 38 COUNTRIES 1,400 SKUs

This page is built for the procurement officer, the CISO, and the fintech partner evaluating BigPrepaid before signing a Master Services Agreement. Every figure below ties to a dated audit, a registered license, or a publicly verifiable credential — nothing here is marketing copy.

ISO 27001
CERTIFIED
Recurring surveillance audit cycle
SOC 2 TYPE II
SINCE 2019
Schellman & Co., annual
ANNUAL VOLUME
$412M
Trailing twelve months
MATERIAL BREACH
0
Since 2017 baseline
01 / CREDENTIAL MATRIX

Six credential pillars. Each mapped to an attestation you can request.

Treat this as the answer key to your vendor security questionnaire. Each row below maps to a certificate, audit letter, or license number we will produce under NDA within one business day of a procurement request.

CRED-01 ACTIVE

ISO/IEC 27001:2022

Information Security Management System certified to the 2022 revision. Statement of Applicability covers all in-scope prepaid processing systems, the dealer desk tooling, and the wholesale API surface.

  • ISSUERAccredited CB
  • SURVEILLANCEAnnual
  • SCOPEPlatform + API + Dealer Desk
CRED-02 ACTIVE

SOC 2 Type II

Audited annually since 2019 by Schellman & Co. The most recent opinion covers the Security, Availability, and Confidentiality trust service criteria across the full production environment.

  • AUDITORSchellman & Co.
  • WINDOW12-month rolling
  • TSCsSecurity / Availability / Confidentiality
CRED-03 ACTIVE

Master Distributor — Open-Loop

Direct Master Distributor status with the four major open-loop networks. Letters on issuer letterhead available under NDA; bypasses aggregator markups on Blackhawk, InComm, PaySign, and Greenlight.

  • VISAMaster Distributor
  • MASTERCARDMaster Distributor
  • AMEX / DISCOVERMaster Distributor
CRED-04 ACTIVE

Direct Carrier Integrations

Settlement-direct with Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Cricket, Tracfone, Mint Mobile, and 22 additional MVNO carriers. No aggregator in the middle of the wire path for top-of-house brands.

  • CARRIERS29 direct
  • SETTLEMENTDirect, daily
  • CATALOG COVERAGE1,400+ SKUs
CRED-05 PROGRAM

PCI-DSS & AML Posture

Tokenized card-data handling across all open-loop fulfillment paths. AML program aligned to FinCEN MSB obligations, with transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and SAR escalation playbooks.

  • DATATokenized, vault-isolated
  • AMLFinCEN MSB-registered
  • SCREENINGOFAC / sanctions, real-time
CRED-06 RECURRING

Schellman & Co. Engagement

Independent attestation provider since 2019. Issues our SOC 2 Type II opinion annually and ISO 27001 surveillance findings on a defined cycle. Audit reports are available to qualified prospects under NDA.

  • PROVIDERSchellman & Co., LLC
  • STARTED2019
  • OPINIONS6 consecutive clean
02 / AUDIT TIMELINE

Ten years of continuous compliance, dated and verifiable.

Compliance is a chronological record, not a slide. Every milestone below is anchored to a year, a report, or a registered license number that procurement can independently confirm.

  1. 2014
    FOUNDING

    BigPrepaid Holdings, Inc. incorporated

    Founded in Miami, Florida, by former TracFone wholesale account managers. Initial carrier relationships opened with three MVNO partners and one open-loop issuer.

  2. 2017
    BASELINE

    Zero material breach baseline established

    Information security program formalized. From this date forward, BigPrepaid has recorded zero material breach events across the production platform and the dealer desk tooling.

  3. 2019
    FIRST SOC 2

    First SOC 2 Type II opinion issued by Schellman & Co.

    Independent attestation begins. Schellman & Co. retained as the recurring auditor of record, with annual Type II opinions covering Security, Availability, and Confidentiality.

  4. 2021
    ISO 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 certification issued

    ISMS certified to the 27001 standard, with annual surveillance audits continuing through 2024. Statement of Applicability covers the wholesale platform, the REST API, and the dealer desk environment.

  5. 2023
    INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

    Named “Top Prepaid Distributor — North America” at the PayBefore Awards

    Independent industry recognition for distribution scale, fulfillment reliability, and reseller program quality across the wholesale prepaid category.

  6. 2024
    Q3 SNAPSHOT

    $412M annualized volume across 6,247 active resellers in 38 countries

    Trailing twelve-month gross prepaid volume crosses the four-hundred-million threshold. Reseller base up versus prior year; catalog expanded to 1,400+ live SKUs across wireless, gift card, open-loop, transit, and bill-pay.

03 / TEAM & JURISDICTION

31 licensed specialists. 38 jurisdictions. One compliance program.

Compliance at BigPrepaid is staffed, not outsourced. Every prepaid product line in the catalog is reviewed by a licensed specialist before activation, and every reseller onboarding flows through a documented KYC / KYB queue.

  • 31
    Licensed prepaid compliance specialists on staff
  • 87
    Total employees, including engineering & dealer desk
  • 38
    Countries with active reseller accounts
  • 6,247
    Active reseller accounts as of Q3 2024

Regulatory regimes covered

  • US FinCEN MSB registration & state-by-state money transmitter obligations
  • US PCI-DSS-aligned tokenization for open-loop cardholder data
  • US OFAC / sanctions screening on every reseller and end-buyer transaction
  • EU GDPR data-handling posture for EU reseller accounts & EU end buyers
  • UK FCA-aligned onboarding for UK reseller entities
  • LATAM Country-specific KYC thresholds for Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and Chile
  • CARRIER Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile MVNO compliance requirements
  • ISSUER Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover Master Distributor program rules
Compliance operations team reviewing reseller KYC files in the Miami office
FIG. 03.A Compliance operations — Miami HQ, Q3 2024
04 / NEXT STEP

Open an account, or pull the audit pack under NDA.

If your procurement cycle is ready to move, open a wholesale account and place a starter order above $500 to unlock the standard rebate tier. If your cycle requires the SOC 2 Type II report, the ISO 27001 certificate, or the Master Distributor letters first, request the audit pack and our compliance team will respond within one business day.

  • PATH A Wholesale account sign-up — for procurement cycles that are cleared.
  • PATH B NDA audit pack — SOC 2, ISO 27001, Master Distributor letters, insurance certificates.
Open a Wholesale Account Request Audit Pack Under NDA
Dealer Desk+1 (305) 482-9174
Compliance Email[email protected]
Headquarters1800 NW 7th Ave, Suite 420, Miami FL 33136