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  • DunxR
    DunxR Posts: 5 Forumite
    At the bottom of the supercard.io site there is a statement that says:

    "Supercard is issued by IDT Financial Services Limited pursuant to a licence from Visa Europe"

    Perhaps this is because they are still in negotiation with Visa Europe regarding a commission share set up.
  • callum9999
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    DunxR wrote: »
    At the bottom of the supercard.io site there is a statement that says:

    "Supercard is issued by IDT Financial Services Limited pursuant to a licence from Visa Europe"

    Perhaps this is because they are still in negotiation with Visa Europe regarding a commission share set up.

    I highly doubt they'd get this far without even negotiating how it would be funded!

    However they're funding it, it's all done anyway. Once Apple/Google approve their app - probably next week - you can apply for the card.
  • brewerdave
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    Just picked this up from ML's newsletter ....but too late ! Pilot is full !!For future holidays looks like a definite runner - just take a handful of currency for start up then use the card either for purchases or ATM withdrawals -I'll be very interested to read initial feedback from anyone who gets one in time for this Summer, especially those who use it successfully in some of the Greek islands!
  • Gloomendoom
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    brewerdave wrote: »
    Just picked this up from ML's newsletter ....but too late ! Pilot is full !!For future holidays looks like a definite runner - just take a handful of currency for start up then use the card either for purchases or ATM withdrawals -I'll be very interested to read initial feedback from anyone who gets one in time for this Summer, especially those who use it successfully in some of the Greek islands!

    It's never a good idea to rely on just one card and I think the current advice for travel to Greece is to take cash.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/11566983/Holidaymakers-warned-to-take-cash-to-Greece-amid-financial-collapse-fears.html
  • malky39
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    Anyone received their card yet
  • malky39
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    Got my card today and set it up through the app, it was a painless experience you can even take a picture of the card you want to like if your too lazy to enter the number. I am away net week and have liked it to a reward credit card so will be so will be doing a test transaction with it
  • budgetflyer
    budgetflyer Posts: 5,949 Forumite
    I thought initially only debit cards could be linked
  • eDicky
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    I thought initially only debit cards could be linked
    That's what I understood lately, but I just received the email from Supercard Team - 'Important account update: No cards registered'

    "We’ve noticed you don’t have any credit or debit cards linked to your Supercard account. Remember – you must add at least one payment card to your account before you can use your Supercard to save... etc"

    Well I'm still awaiting a Supercard in the mail, but they appear to be talking about linking credit cards... sometimes...
    Evolution, not revolution
  • Gloomendoom
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    edited 24 May 2015 at 1:05PM
    Mine arrived this morning. Just got in from work and had a couple of glasses of wine so I'll wait until the morning to do anything with it.

    I've just linked a credit card. Like malky, I had no problems setting it up.
  • malky39
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    Used mine when away a couple of days ago, transaction showed on the app within about an hour, nothing has been taken from my liked credit card as yet
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