Name Preference

Mrs_Ryan

My A&L card just has my initial and surname, for some strange reason my middle initial doesnt appear anywhere - my card says initial, surname but my cheque book says Miss initial surname.... but my partner's card says first initial, middle initial, surname! Weird.
I used to work in retail and I actually had to stop a woman using a card that blatently wasnt hers.. 'oh, its my husbands!' she used to say, but who was to say it was????? It all jsut comes down to the issuing bank - I know that Capital One automatically issue cards with full first name and no title but you can request for an initial or title to be used as well.

cos_2

savagej wrote: »

It appears on the screen, of the till, or the chip and pin units they have in say a restuarant.

I didn't know that - the last time I worked as a cashier we put the cards in the big swipe machine that printed the details through 4 pieces of carbonised paper. And incidentally, on the bottom of the machine was sellotaped a list of account numbers that were banned for whatever reason, and we had to look at the customer's card then surreptitiously check under the machine! 'Twas Marks and Spencer many years ago.

Back to the OP's question, the last time I remember being offered how my name would look on cheques/plastic was well over 10 years ago. None of the accounts I currently use have had any option like this.

i-Citizen

well lloyds tsb asked me what I want on my card i desired for a middle name initial and a surname .....


and manchester city rules after my surname hehe...its a big card

savagej

cos wrote: »

I didn't know that - the last time I worked as a cashier we put the cards in the big swipe machine that printed the details through 4 pieces of carbonised paper. And incidentally, on the bottom of the machine was sellotaped a list of account numbers that were banned for whatever reason, and we had to look at the customer's card then surreptitiously check under the machine! 'Twas Marks and Spencer many years ago.

Back to the OP's question, the last time I remember being offered how my name would look on cheques/plastic was well over 10 years ago. None of the accounts I currently use have had any option like this.

I remember that too when they had the list of number to look out for and when the Bank of Credit and Commerce went bust and we had to turn away all of their cards causing some anger.

Swan_2

very interesting, I didn't know you could get the presentation of the name on your card changed

mine's annoyed me for years, they've put it in the format ... Mrs - my first name initial & middle name initials all run together - my surname, so it looks as though I've got a bizarre, unpronounceable Christian name consisting entirely of consonants, I've even had someone at the post office collection counter comment on it & ask me how to say it :rolleyes:

phone call to my bank this morning I think

exel1966

Mastivision wrote: »

Just a simple question.

At the time of opening a bank account can you request banker not to use your middle name if you do not want to use it.

Lets say my name is Tom Tim Hall and i just want them to use Tom Hall instead of use Tom Tim Hall..... and if full name also appears on your ids such as bills etc , does it make a difference.

Thanks.

You're under no obligation to tell anyone (except official Govt. ID's docs so it can be matched to birth records) your middle name so If you don't want them to know just don't put it on the application. In fact many forms only ask for Forename, Surname and even more UK computer systems do not permit space for additional names.
Many middle names are not classed as 'legal' names, but what people acquire for varying reasons or they swap fore and middle, but it is perfectly legal to use them, even though they may not have 'legally' been ammended by deed poll.