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Where to get a VISA Electron card?
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The majority of bank accounts and Building societies offer Electron, Barclay, A&L, Abbey and BoS to name a few0
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johnBarker wrote: »The majority of bank accounts and Building societies offer Electron, Barclay, A&L, Abbey and BoS to name a few
Bank of Scotland (Halifax) & Abbey (Santander) are the only major banks which issue them. A&L may bring them back in the future when they are rebranded 'Santander'.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
Bank of Scotland (Halifax) & Abbey (Santander) are the only major banks which issue them. A&L may bring them back in the future when they are rebranded 'Santander'.
Like the guys above said, Bank of Scotland still do an Electron (an Easycash for adults), here's a link to the page:
bankofscotlandhalifax.co.uk/bankaccounts/otherbankaccounts.asp
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Apparently I'm not allowed to post links
You need to add a www. to the start of the above!0 -
johnBarker wrote: »The majority of bank accounts and Building societies offer Electron, Barclay, A&L, Abbey and BoS to name a few
Barclays do a basic account and offer a "visa debit card" not an electron card but Co-op do offer a visa electron card.0 -
Just 'phoned Abbey this morning, (have a cash card & cheque guarantee card with them) - they are sending out a VISA Electron card now.
(..they wanted to send the VISA Debit card instead - "multifunction", but told them I really wanted the Electron).0 -
The co-op account opening line says they do not issue electron anymore all new cards will be 2-in-1 Visa Debit cards, as of 8 June.0
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CurleyFurley wrote: »I just called up the Co-op Bank asking if I could get a Visa Electron account, I am already a customer of the bank, and they said no, they are discontinuing the service and people who already have electron cards will have them replaced with Debit cards
I must be lucky as my electron card is valid for next 3 years.0 -
I have the same issue, I did some searching and barclaysgiftcard.co.uk seems to be fairly straight forward.0
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Why would you waste your money on a Barclaysgiftcard that costs £3 and cannot be reloaded as opposed to an account like Halifax Easycash that costs nothing and does not have to be funded until you need to buy the flights?0
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I just wanted to say that thanks to the info posted on here, I signed up for the Halifax a/c last week online and they posted my VISA Electron card out yesterday!DEBT FREE AND LOVING LIFE0
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