Where to get a VISA Electron card?

456789

WaltD wrote: »

I already have a Halifax branch-based current account, so I am not sure if they will allow me to have an Easycash account as well!

WaltD

I have a Halifax student account and easycash account

JoeBloggs001

Ryanair are thinking about charging a £1 to use the toilet's on board during

flights. Really not joking here.

jammin_2

JoeBloggs001 wrote: »

Ryanair are thinking about charging a £1 to use the toilet's on board during

flights. Really not joking here.

Really? Why wasn't this mentioned on MSE at all?

And err, it's not related to Visa Electron cards in the Budgeting and Bank Accounts forum, either.

KTF

JoeBloggs001 wrote: »

Ryanair are thinking about charging a £1 to use the toilet's on board during

flights. Really not joking here.

That was a PR stunt. There was something about it on the Ryanair site but its hard to find the content in the sea of adverts so here is the story about it being a spoof: http://www.bitterwallet.com/ryanairs-oleary-admits-spend-a-penny-story-was-a-stunt/8716

kab7173

You can open a Halifax Easycash account ....Deposit account pays no interest but does issue you with a Visa Electron card ....just top up theaccount after each use :T

Always_Harassed

Have opened a Halifax account and received the logon etc but there is no mention of a Visa Electron Card. Looks like an online only account. Can anyone that has opened one offer some advice to tell me if it will follow now that I have completed registration or if I need to contact them to request a card.

Thanks.

456789

I assume you opened an easycash account - the card and pin should arrive soon

WaltD

456789 wrote: »

I assume you opened an easycash account - the card and pin should arrive soon

I opened my Easycash account on-line and the Visa Electron card arrived within 5 days. A "welcome letter" arrived the day after the card, but I am still waiting for my PIN.

The account is active, because I paid £100 into it by electronic transfer and it arrived in the account the same day.

I haven't tried making an on-line purchase yet.

WaltD

NonGeographicalMan

I just bought my first Ryanir flight with my Co-Op Cashminder Visa Electron card on Thursday evening. As this was an August flight to the Med and hold luggage was also needed it cost nearly 90 quid so I had to go down to my local village Post Office and add £30 in cash to the £60 I had previously paid in as cheques a few weeks ago.

I was concerned that as I got to the Post Office at 4.32pm (intending to get there by 4.30pm when Co-Op had claimed there was a clearing deadline cut off for cash inpayment) that it might be after bank clearing to Co-Op had closed for the day, even though cash is meant to be credited live in real time normally at Post Office branches. Anyhow I got a receipt that showed the £30 as credited and now available as part of my cleared balance and if I phoned Co-Op and went through the automated account information procedure again I was told the balance was £90. So I then booked my Ryanair flight with no problems.

However thinking on this further I spoke to Co-Op who told me they do now utilise the new FastPay system for inbound payments and NatWest supports it for all outgoing payments too. So this means I should be able to make a transfer using my NatWest online banking during the weekday daytime and have it arrive almost instantly in my Cashminder account to book Ryanair flights. However for reasons that I find bizarre and utterly baffling FastPay does not yet operate outside 9am to 5.30pm weekdays (including not operational on Bank Holidays). I am baffled as to why computers should need to sleep or go home at 5.30pm each day or have the weekend off.;):rolleyes:

But no doubt this is the final last ditch effort of the big clearers to hang on to antiquated practices and will I hope finally be swept away in due course.:mad:

noh

The Faster Payments Service runs 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
http://www.apacs.org.uk/payments_industry/documents/HowtousetheFasterPaymentsservice.pdf
http://www.natwest.com/microsites/personal/faster_payments_service/faster_payments_faq.asp
Not had any problems moving money from my Natweat account via FP at anytime of the day or night.

Nigel