Other supercard type services.

Obviously_the_best

As their website seems to not be dealing with demand, does anyone know of any similar no fees thingies other than banks?

The only one I can find is https://www.revolut.com , but it looks like it requires pre-loading.

callum9999

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

As their website seems to not be dealing with demand, does anyone know of any similar no fees thingies other than banks?

The only one I can find is https://www.revolut.com , but it looks like it requires pre-loading.

And also has the large downside of not actually existing yet!

There are no other equivalent products (which is why supercard is being treated like a wonder product!). The closest you can get are the well publicised fee free debit and credit cards.

Obviously_the_best

Fair enough, already got a fee-free debit, but nice to have a backup anyway.

NiftyDigits

callum9999 wrote: »

And also has the large downside of not actually existing yet!

There are no other equivalent products (which is why supercard is being treated like a wonder product!). The closest you can get are the well publicised fee free debit and credit cards.

Not so great, looking at the possible discrepancy between the Visa and Mstercard exchange rates.

Yesterday;

Visa:1 BRITISH POUND = 1.5500000001 UNITED STATES DOLLAR

Mastercard: 1 BRITISH POUND = 1.576399 UNITED STATES DOLLAR


Even today, Visa is only showing 1 BRITISH POUND = 1.5631000001 UNITED STATES DOLLAR on a mid-market rate of 1.57952

callum9999

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Not so great, looking at the possible discrepancy between the Visa and Mstercard exchange rates.

Yesterday;

Visa:1 BRITISH POUND = 1.5500000001 UNITED STATES DOLLAR

Mastercard: 1 BRITISH POUND = 1.576399 UNITED STATES DOLLAR

Yeah I noticed that a couple of days ago
ago. It would need to be replicated daily with different currencies to really show anything though.

NiftyDigits

callum9999 wrote: »

Yeah I noticed that a couple of days ago
ago. It would need to be replicated daily with different currencies to really show anything though.

Visa is lower in every important currency. Though the difference is not as pronounced.

callum9999

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Visa is lower in every important currency. Though the difference is not as pronounced.

But are they everyday?

EDIT: From only 3 days data and 2 currencies ($,€) it looks like Mastercard are consistently significantly better. Across the 6 different comparisons Mastercard gave you an average of 1.9% more.

Clearly it's hardly statistically justified, but I don't have the patience or inclination to make this a multi-day study!

clidds

Revolut is available, I have the app/currency card