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Always get a debit card for donor accounts

puk999 · 2015-03-26 10:45:58

I opened an account with Bank A in November 2014 to get an incentive. As part of the application, they asked whether I want a debit card. I chose "no", thinking I wasn't going to use the account and would then switch away after a few months, and it's one less debit card to store and potentially get stolen. I'm now…

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Vortigern Posts: 3,306 Forumite

27 March 2015 at 10:17AM

Sea_Shell wrote: »

If you do get new debit cards, but have no intention of ever using them, what do you think the best course of action would be.

a. Keep the cards safe, but destroy the PIN information

^^^^ This. Additionally you could punch out the chip and the CVV number.

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