Nationwide - Contactless Cards?

TheEffect

As many people on this forum have a great knowledge of the banks and some may work at Nationwide, does anyone know if they're planning to introduce a Contactless Debit Card?

I switched to their Flex Plus from First Direct, and miss the ease of Contactless.

grumbler

TheEffect wrote: »

I switched to their Flex Plus from First Direct, and miss the ease of Contactless.

Have you got anything for switching and closing the old account? If not, what was the point in closing it?

stclair

I've give up on nationwide they've supposedly been introducing them for years now.

Have you tried asking here:

http://your.nationwide.co.uk/your-voice/Pages/your-voice-home.aspx

TheEffect

grumbler wrote: »

Have you got anything for switching and closing the old account? If not, what was the point in closing it?

It's not closed...

grumbler

TheEffect wrote: »

I ...miss the ease of Contactless.

TheEffect wrote: »

It's not closed...

Just have a second debit card in your wallet then?

TheEffect

grumbler wrote: »

Just have a second debit card in your wallet then?

Using a second account (sending payments to it etc) sort of defies the point of using contactless.

Bloomberg

stclair wrote: »

I've give up on nationwide they've supposedly been introducing them for years now.

Have you tried asking here:

http://your.nationwide.co.uk/your-voice/Pages/your-voice-home.aspx

This is reminiscent of the faster payments nightmare with the Nationwide. Numerous promised dates passed and nothing happened. Don't hold your breath for contact less cards.



I actually left the Nationwide five years ago, the faster payments fiasco was just one of the reasons. The Nationwide is seriously over rated. Barclays are infinitely better.

Gromitt

TheEffect wrote: »

Using a second account (sending payments to it etc) sort of defies the point of using contactless.

Well you obviously switched for a reason, so using both accounts is surely better than using just one when you are not entirely happy with either.

Plus of course FD has the fee free and interest free £250 overdraft, so you could just use that for your contactless payments and make one payment a month to pay it off.

Or get a contactless credit card and get rewards (my preferred option), plus use DD so you don't have to worry about paying it.

rb10

Bloomberg wrote: »

The Nationwide is seriously over rated. Barclays are infinitely better.

Yeah, 0% credit interest at Barclays is 'infinitely better' than 5% at Nationwide ...

Hominu

rb10 wrote: »

Yeah, 0% credit interest at Barclays is 'infinitely better' than 5% at Nationwide ...

I'd normally shout troll, but I really think Bloomberg has been brainwashed.

Heck, I'm getting 2.1% from Nationwide at the moment for my loyalty, whats do I get for loyalty at Barclays? Nothing. The same 1% that everyone else gets and no withdrawals allowed or it drops to 0.6%. Then there's the 4.25% I've been enjoying on my ISA and the 5% on my current accounts...

Last time I checked you couldn't leave them a secure message either.

Yeah Barclays really are infinitely better...

Bloomberg

rb10 wrote: »

Yeah, 0% credit interest at Barclays is 'infinitely better' than 5% at Nationwide ...

Maybe I need to elaborate on my initial statement. The Nationwide full statements are a day behind, no weekly standing orders and their implementation of faster payments was a disaster. I use my current account to receive money, I pay bills and save/invest the rest elsewhere and do not hold a lot of money in there. The interest rate is irrelevant to me.



How on earth can the self proclaimed World's largest building society not be able to organise a weekly money transfer? Furthermore their in branch service is woeful - lifeless zombie like staff in the main. I have never looked back since closing my account with them five years ago.