Barclays pin sentry

catford

Do all banks use this security now?? I have just tried to transfer some money urgently to my wifes account in a different bank and because it's a new payment I cant do it :p:p:p because

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I don't have pin sentry :mad:

I tried to do it by phone but that takes 3 days to transfer---wot a larf- my cash and I can't choose where it goes:eek:.
Time to look for another bank.;) Barclays current account interest is rubbish anyway:D

10_66

Not all banks use the PINsentry.

Paul_Herring

I don't have PINsentry on the Barclays accounts I have (or on any other bank accounts with other institutions.)

blue_monkey_2

It is coming, I got it for my Business Account last November and my husband has just received it for his current account about 2 months ago. If you have had a new card but have not had your card reader get onto Barclays.

Mind you, it is a pain in the backside, I hardly log on these days as I can't be bothered to faff around with it!! Apparently all the Card Readers are the same so I could use my husbands and vice versa.

robpw2

its a great system its just like having chip and pin at home and means theres extra security

pda

even if you change bank, there is no grantee they won't get the same kind of system

JPizzle

I don't see how the PINsentry works. It doesn't communicate with the computer or internet, so how does the website know if you've put the same code in as on the PINsentry?

I can put any of my cards in: Co-op, Lloyds, A&L and Barclays, they all give me a code. I confused about it all.

nzseries1

Please someone explain to me... what is PINsentry and what is a card reader?

CLAPTON

pinsentry is a card reader that looks like a pocket calculator but you can insert a debit card

it read the debit card and uses an algorithm to generate a 8 digit number which is then typed into the online computer which can check its your debit card.

each time you use it it generates a different number and different debit cards generate different numbers...

nzseries1

Thanks for that , but my gosh I hope my bank doesn't do that. How ANNOYING.
Of course, I won't be saying that once my card gets hit by fraud... hasn't happened yet but I've probably been lucky!

nzseries1

Would that mean, if you go overseas, you would have to take the card reader with you to be able to purchase online?