RBS Visa Debit

stclair

stclair wrote: »

Well keep ya eyes peels for any more natwest or RBS visa debit cards ;-)

Ill speak to the department dealing with the change over tomoro and see if they have started sending them out yet.

Itll have to be tuesday forgot im not in work today lol

spindo

Anyone got a pic of one of these cards yet? RBS or NatWest?

natweststaff

we have seen them on internal intranet site but they have not gone public yet!!

stclair

natweststaff wrote: »

we have seen them on internal intranet site but they have not gone public yet!!

There updating the website on the 05/09/09 so customers will be able to see them for themselves. Until then youll all have to wait with baited breath lol

username

On reciepts different banks write payment type different. Halifax, Nationwide etc say VISA DEBIT in capitals, A&L write Visa Debit with just the v and d in capitals. The RBS i swiped said VISADEBIT on reciept, no spaces between the words and all in capitals.

That is because the bank has customised the label field on the chip's Visa debit application. I just wish all would settle on a common one, such as Visa Debit or VISA DEBIT. All Barclays debit cards will come up as "CONNECT DEBIT".

Some people like HSBC have to be uber confusing and just call it 'Visa' which is the same label they also give to the application on their credit card, so if you happen to have both a credit and debit card which are both Visa, it is confusing on the receipt 'cos it just says 'Visa'. At least when they had the Maestro cards it'd come up as "Maestro UK".

flyingscotno1

bubblegumcola wrote: »

I think they should have continued the photos on the back of RBS cards. Having a PIN doesn't give me alot of confidence against fraud, there should be a combination of other measures on the cards.

As for Visa Debit instead of Maestro...there was enough ads on tv when debit cars became Switch and then it all changed to Maestro with a bit less. Does it make any difference?

I believe the photo was stopped for a number of reasons being the increased admin for the small uptake and the fact that people never checked them. I also remember something mad about civil liberties too with the picture but cannot remember what as it was a long time ago- circa 2000 when they were stopped AFAIK.

amberspy

stclair wrote: »

There updating the website on the 05/09/09 so customers will be able to see them for themselves. Until then youll all have to wait with baited breath lol

hi
cant see nothing yet:rolleyes::rotfl:

savagej

amberspy wrote: »

hi
cant see nothing yet:rolleyes::rotfl:

Thats because this is 05/08/09.

savagej

I asked Natwest specifically if their First Reserve account was going to keep its debit card and this is the email response I got back

"

Thank you for your email.

I confirm that the RBS Group have decided to change all Maestro, Solo and Cirrus cards to VISA debit cards.

This change began in May 2009 and will mean that by 2011 all NatWest and RBS customers will be switched to VISA.

Your existing SOLO debit card will therefore be replaced by a VISA debit card in the near future.

There are many benefits to VISA as follows:

· Increased protection – when a customer uses their Visa Debit card to make purchases or buy goods on-line they will now receive a higher level of purchase protection
· Worldwide acceptance – Visa Debit is globally accepted at 29 million retail outlets across 160 countries including America, Asia and Pacific.
· Secure on-line shopping – protection through the ‘Verified by Visa’ scheme
· Easy and convenient to use when making payments, withdrawing cash from cash machines or obtaining foreign currency when travelling abroad
· Worldwide service to obtain cash over the counter – similar to a credit card cash advance
· Account balance at ATMs globally where Visa is accepted with our Global Balance Service


Please refer to our website for further information and updates on this matter.

Regards"

stclair

savagej wrote: »

I asked Natwest specifically if their First Reserve account was going to keep its debit card and this is the email response I got back

"

Thank you for your email.

I confirm that the RBS Group have decided to change all Maestro, Solo and Cirrus cards to VISA debit cards.

This change began in May 2009 and will mean that by 2011 all NatWest and RBS customers will be switched to VISA.

Your existing SOLO debit card will therefore be replaced by a VISA debit card in the near future.

There are many benefits to VISA as follows:

· Increased protection – when a customer uses their Visa Debit card to make purchases or buy goods on-line they will now receive a higher level of purchase protection
· Worldwide acceptance – Visa Debit is globally accepted at 29 million retail outlets across 160 countries including America, Asia and Pacific.
· Secure on-line shopping – protection through the ‘Verified by Visa’ scheme
· Easy and convenient to use when making payments, withdrawing cash from cash machines or obtaining foreign currency when travelling abroad
· Worldwide service to obtain cash over the counter – similar to a credit card cash advance
· Account balance at ATMs globally where Visa is accepted with our Global Balance Service

Please refer to our website for further information and updates on this matter.

Regards"

Cool sounds very positive.

However the date of may was put back until june/july then it was changed till august.

The bullet points mentioned was copied and pasted i bet from one of the communications as it looks familiar.

Id just wait until you know someone has defo been sent a visa debit card.