Fastest time you've received your credit card after application

reclusive46
reclusive46 Posts: 2,698 Forumite
in Credit cards
Another thread gave me this idea.

What is the fastest time you've ever received a card after being accepted for one?

List the issuer/provider and the time it took

Here is mine.

American Express Gold Card - 3 days

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  • System
    System Posts: 178,286 Community Admin
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    When I got a Lloyds Airmiles Duo, they said they would let me know, but I never heard anything back. 3 days later, I had a letter with the card in it :)
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  • BugsyBrowne
    BugsyBrowne Posts: 5,697 Forumite
    Applied Once at 9.00 am On a Monday morning 40 mins later the postman dropped the card through the post!!!
  • Mulder00
    Mulder00 Posts: 508 Forumite
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    BugsyBrowne wrote: »
    Applied Once at 9.00 am On a Monday morning 40 mins later the postman dropped the card through the post!!!

    Of course. What about that time you got the card before you applied?
  • lawstudent
    lawstudent Posts: 222 Forumite
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    Not exactly what you asked for but when my card needed to be cancelled Barclaycard had a new one with me the next morning.
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  • BugsyBrowne
    BugsyBrowne Posts: 5,697 Forumite
    Mulder00 wrote: »
    Of course.

    Cheers I didn't think it was that quick considering I was still on the phone to the application team when one of them heard the letterbox go and replied that's what we call a quick application.
  • reclusive46
    reclusive46 Posts: 2,698 Forumite
    BugsyBrowne wrote: »
    Applied Once at 9.00 am On a Monday morning 40 mins later the postman dropped the card through the post!!!

    Did you forget to mention the credit card making machine was outside your front door?
  • Scarpacci
    Scarpacci Posts: 1,017 Forumite
    HSBC were quick for me, and it was a referred decision! I applied late Monday, was approved mid-day Wednesday and had the card Friday. Though the pin didn't arrive until the following Wednesday.
    This is everybody's fault but mine.
  • sharpy2010
    sharpy2010 Posts: 2,471 Forumite
    Applied Sunday night (Barclaycard) got the card Tuesday morning and the PIN a day after.
  • reclusive46
    reclusive46 Posts: 2,698 Forumite
    sharpy2010 wrote: »
    Applied Sunday night (Barclaycard) got the card Tuesday morning and the PIN a day after.

    Thats pretty awesome. They must have made the card on Monday and it arrived the next day.

    I'm not too sure how the card creation process works though. It could be completely automated, which could mean it was created on the Sunday I guess.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 2,175 Forumite
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    Surely the fastest would be Metro Bank... they make them on the spot in branch?
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