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King_Of_Fools wrote:Access dropped its UK only brand in favour of the international Mastercard brand in much the same way as Switch changed to Maestro recently.
Switch and Maestro are part of the Mastercard group. I can't understand why they do not do away with Maestro and have Mastercard Debit as well as Visa Debit cards like the do in The US.0 -
M_Thomson wrote:Switch and Maestro are part of the Mastercard group. I can't understand why they do not do away with Maestro and have Mastercard Debit as well as Visa Debit cards like the do in The US.
http://www.switch.co.uk/mediacenter/briefhistory.asp
A lot of people still only refer to Visa Debit cards as Delta cards.0 -
M_Thomson wrote:Switch and Maestro are part of the Mastercard group. I can't understand why they do not do away with Maestro and have Mastercard Debit as well as Visa Debit cards like the do in The US.
I agree, it would add more reputation to the method plus the maestro tag looks awful!:santa2:0 -
I can remember my "flexible friend" the Access card fron Natwest, TSB issued Visa in the early 80's.0
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