HSBC Changing all Bank accounts

ShelfStacker_3

newfoundglory wrote: »

"activate new card"... has appeared next to my hsbc current account on internet banking? does this have to do with the account changes?

i've already got a letter from hsbc telling me my account is being changed to the advance one... but my meastro card doesnt expire for another year! why is it being replaced!

Probably due to the change to Visa Debit.

newfoundglory

Oh, you must be right... if i click activate the help section tells me to enter "the 16 digit number" across the front of my card.... errrr...*counts*.... Maestro cards dont have 16-digit numbers, but Visa cards do!

Anyone else seen this on HSBC internet banking yet?

ahai1

When am I going to get my Visa debit?

Lokolo

ahai1 wrote: »

When am I going to get my Visa debit?

Rolling out from Dec/Jan/Feb -> 2010.... so sometime between then lol...

newfoundglory wrote: »

Oh, you must be right... if i click activate the help section tells me to enter "the 16 digit number" across the front of my card.... errrr...*counts*.... Maestro cards dont have 16-digit numbers, but Visa cards do!

Anyone else seen this on HSBC internet banking yet?

I got that too! Eagerly awaiting a new flashy card. Although quite annoying as I remember my HSBC card number off by heart hmph.

ahai1

Thanks I must have forgotten even though it has been mentioned here before.

ShelfStacker_3

ahai1 wrote: »

When am I going to get my Visa debit?

I thought you were switching...

Lokolo

ShelfStacker wrote: »

I thought you were switching...

Is there any pics you could get us (well me) so I can see what new card looks like?

sutton111

yea, i would like to see what the HSBC plus card looks like.

ShelfStacker_3

sutton111 wrote: »

yea, i would like to see what the HSBC plus card looks like.

https://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/personal/hsbcplusbankaccount - picture in the top right. I'd get a pic of mine but my phone camera doesn't seem to like doing it... the Visa Debit one looks the same, but presumably with a Visa logo on it (I've seen a small picture, probably put on an ad by mistake for some reason...)

No idea what the standard card will look like. With any luck the switch to Visa Debit will stop people thinking the "card number" along the bottom of the card is their account number and filling it in as such on paying-in slips... bugbear of all the cashiers

Lokolo

The last 8 digits are the account number.

It goes like this for HSBC cards (I am a geek and I know you know this but I am proud of the fact I know this):

First 4 digits is the type of card.
Next 6 digits are the sort code.
Final 8 digits are the account number.

:cool::D

I also know my card info off by heart ha.