barclay cash card account

maxmycardagain

on the long road back to semi-normality, i was looking for a chip+pin card and online banking.

i had a card come for barclays cash card account which has a chip in it but it doesnt work at atm's or at retail outlets, so i rand barclays, the lady asked "have you been bankrupt?" to which i replied yes, she then asked "have you been discharged" to which i again replied yes.

she said if i take proof of discharge to my local barclays then i could have a chip+pin card

its only a "connect" card but its a step back to mainstream banking, and already works for online banking

fiveyearplan

I thought they issue that card as standard now with their basic account.

custard_cream_3

I'm applying for a cash card account, and my understanding also is that you get a Visa Debit card with the account.

I could be wrong. I was once, especially when it came to Sandra Cobby on the playing field.

Deep_In_Debt

I believe that they do now supply a Connect card with their basic account now which is good as it's a proper Visa debit.

fermi

The website says it come with a "Choice of Connect card or cash card".

Doesn't say whose choice though.

maxmycardagain

custard_cream wrote: »

I'm applying for a cash card account, and my understanding also is that you get a Visa Debit card with the account.

I could be wrong. I was once, especially when it came to Sandra Cobby on the playing field.

ever been up Primose Hill by any chance?

maxmycardagain

if i transfer monies back and forth between barclays accounts (1 of my kids has a spare one i can access) and keep the same £50 bouncing to and fro will my credit rating go up?...

straws/clutching/at................

nervousmother

my OH opened up a basic bank account with barclays before BR, it came with a nice visa debit
he informed the or who in turn informed barclays, he had a letter from barclays saying they knew he was BR and as a result the instant savings account linked to the Basic account was shut, he kept his bank account though! wish i had done the same as i cant get one now :-(
If you know you are going to go BR, go and open one but only put £1 in it.

maxmycardagain

I think its pot luck what you get, which card or even declined sometimes

custard_cream_3

maxmycardagain wrote: »

ever been up Primose Hill by any chance?

You mean with Easy Lil? Easy Lil of Primrose Hill...lovely girl, although she's not talking to me since I included some of her "fees" in by bankruptcy.

Barclays wrote back to me the other day saying the branch I got my proof of ID verified at hadn't done it right. Doh.

startagain_2

Got nothing to add to the thread - it has all been said, except....

thanks to max and custard for the humour - made me laugh on a miserable Monday morning.

SA