Halifax Clarity reward contactless credit card

skybluesaver

Hi all
Does anyone have one of these and are Halifax issuing them. My current Clarity card which was sent in March is not contactless and i was wondering if its because Halifax don't offer this feature yet.

antonymp

skybluesaver wrote: »

Hi all
Does anyone have one of these and are Halifax issuing them. My current Clarity card which was sent in March is not contactless and i was wondering if its because Halifax don't offer this feature yet.

As far as I know Halifax don't have the contactless feature on there Credit Cards, they certainly don't have it on there Clarity card at the moment anyway.

SuperHan

I got my Clarity Card last week and it's contactless. I'm a cardholder on another account, and when that came through a month ago, that wasn't.

PeacefulWaters

antonymp wrote: »

As far as I know Halifax don't have the contactless feature on there Credit Cards

Yes they do.

they certainly don't have it on there Clarity card at the moment anyway.

Yes they do.

King_Of_Fools

I think Halifax send contactless cards out to people in major urban areas (London, etc.) and standard cards out to everybody else. I believe you can request a contactless card if you like, however. You certainly can with their debit card.

principlecounts

I have one. I was rejected first, but then sent a letter to their office asking for a reason, as I've got a generally good credit rating. I had to answer a series of questions with one of their staff in a local branch, and all was approved on the spot.

I didn't get a contactless one - too be honest I rather not have a contactless one as the security isn't up to scratch yet and also mostly use this abroad.

jonesMUFCforever

Can I ask why does it matter?

g6jns_2

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

Can I ask why does it matter?

A lot of people are concerned, IMHO needlessly, about the risk of the card being lost or stolen and then used fraudulently.

SammenForLivet2

King_Of_Fools wrote: »

I think Halifax send contactless cards out to people in major urban areas (London, etc.) and standard cards out to everybody else. I believe you can request a contactless card if you like, however. You certainly can with their debit card.

I believe this is similar to LLoyds.
My understanding is that they have 'PostCode' areas for their Credit Cards, where they issue Contactless cards - 'for business reasons', and other areas where they do not.

I believe this is specific to Credit Cards only, and that for Visa Debit Cards, they issue contactless as standard.

skybluesaver

Thanks for replies. I was looking at getting mine switched for a contactless version as i do find it very fast and convenient using this feature when out on the town

SuperHan

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

Can I ask why does it matter?

Because it's really handy if you shop frequently in Co-Op/McDonalds/Greggs. Nearly all of my sub £20 spend is contactless, and I find it so much more convenient than having to put in my pin and wait for it to be authorised. I personally would be less inclined to apply for a card if I knew I couldn't have contactless.