Which Card?

Anthorn

Simple poll question: If your bank or card issuer gave you a choice would you choose Mastercard or VISA?

withabix

Where's the third choice?

BugsyBrowne

Your third choice should be 'DONT CARE'

dzug1

Or AMEX - or one of each

exel1966

Anthorn wrote: »

Simple poll question: If your bank or card issuer gave you a choice would you choose Mastercard or VISA?

However, most will not give you a choice because they agree contracts with the two companies. VISA have lost out in recent years with credit card companies preferring Mastercard, whereas debit cards are still mainly VISA.

More choices needed, not voted.

Anthorn

The way I see it there's only two choices. Banks and card issuers don't issue AMEX as far as I know. If I put an "Other" or "Don't care" or "Any" option that wouldn't provide a clear result other than that people don't mind which they have.

If a bank gave a customer the choice then the customer would have to choose. That's the theme of the poll.

exel1966

Yes, but banks don't give a choice any longer because of contracts being in place. Go back 10,20,30 years ago they did give a choice.
Banks/card companies do issue Amex cards...Lloyds/MBNA etc

Anthorn

exel1966 wrote: »

Yes, but banks don't give a choice any longer because of contracts being in place. Go back 10,20,30 years ago they did give a choice.
Banks/card companies do issue Amex cards...Lloyds/MBNA etc

It's hypothetical

500tie

I've only ever had MasterCard but I'm just about to receive my 1st visa credit card. I can't say that I prefere either as it doesn't make a difference most retailers accept both.

redpete

Visa, but only because I have Mastercard at the moment and it would have meant I could have bought Paralympic tickets on a CC if I had had Visa.

As the choice is so specific to these circumstances I haven't voted.

chattychappy

People say that in some locations one is preferred to the other.

In my travels in US/Canada, Europe, SE Asia, Japan, I've never encountered a place that accepts one but not the other. I suppose the only obvious exception is the Olympics.

So I really don't care. I suppose it is better to have one of each in case of some kind of network failure.