Nationwide select no contactless

OnePound

Just got a new Nationwide select credit card and there is no contactless with it! Nationwide say they only do with debit cards. I'm really surprised as I've been using contactless with my current CC of a couple of years, so considered it old/standard technology. Is this common with other issuers? Any reason why why they would do this?

SnowTiger

OnePound wrote: »

Just got a new Nationwide select credit card and there is no contactless with it! Nationwide say they only do with debit cards. I'm really surprised as I've been using contactless with my current CC of a couple of years, so considered it old/standard technology. Is this common with other issuers? Any reason why why they would do this?

Some banks have been slower than others to jump on the contactless bandwagon: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/oct/04/contactless-cards-bank-lloyds-nationwide-santander.

My Nationwide debit card is contactless; my credit card from them isn't.

OnePound

Seem Nationwide is a bit of a laggard. Hopefully the will put contactless on CCs in the near future. I have just got so used to using it.

EarthBoy

OnePound wrote: »

Is this common with other issuers?

It's quite common. Both First Direct and Halifax are the same. Their debit cards are contactless, but their credit cards aren't.

reclusive46

I suppose with the release of Apple Pay (Nationwide is one of the launch partners) and later on the in year Android Pay, contactless on cards won't be such a pressing matter when you can add the same card to your phone.

oldagetraveller

EarthBoy wrote: »

It's quite common. Both First Direct and Halifax are the same. Their debit cards are contactless, but their credit cards aren't.

Are you sure? My Halifax Mastercard credit card (issued last October) most definitely has the contactless logo.

EarthBoy

oldagetraveller wrote: »

Are you sure? My Halifax Mastercard credit card (issued last October) most definitely has the contactless logo.

Maybe it's a new thing then, but none of the credit cards showing on their website have the contactless symbol on them.

http://www.halifax.co.uk/creditcards/

Stuart107

Looks like Halifax, at least, are now issuing contactless by default:

"All new current accounts come with contactless as standard and for existing customers, you’ll get a contactless debit card on your next renewal." (from http://www.halifax.co.uk/bankaccounts/debit-cards/contactless/)

My Halifax Clarity credit card is contactless but that accounts only about a month old...

Anthorn

OnePound wrote: »

Just got a new Nationwide select credit card and there is no contactless with it! Nationwide say they only do with debit cards. I'm really surprised as I've been using contactless with my current CC of a couple of years, so considered it old/standard technology. Is this common with other issuers? Any reason why why they would do this?

If you must have contactless then dump it and get a different card: My MBNA Low Rate Mastercard has contactless.

OnePound

Could get another card. Wanted the cash back and good abroad rates with nationwide.

20aday

My Tesco Bank and Sainsbury's Bank MasterCards aren't contactless either. Apparently Tesco are 'looking at' enabling the functionality in future.

Maybe (as posted above) with the imminent launch of Apple Pay they've elected to leave it off for now?