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Contactless Card
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According to http://www.santander.co.uk/uk/credit-cards/credit-card-faqs (expand "What is contactless?" and click on the "Find out more" link):Candyapple wrote: »Mine is the 123, I wonder if that's the difference?
"A range of our cards, including the 1l2l3 Credit Card, now come with contactless technology."0 -
Halifax Clarity old cards are not contactless (and apparently can't be upgraded as such).
New ones are contactless automatically though, and I don't know if it's possible to downgrade.
Santander 123 are also now issued as contactless. As are all MBNA cards. I don't think my Debenhams CC was contactless though (from memory).0 -
Candyapple wrote: »How odd, my Santander cc is contactless.
Do you both have the 123 cc? Or their other card (15 months at 0%)?
Mine is the 123, I wonder if that's the difference?
Mine is the 15 months 0% one. Was only issued around 6 weeks ago.0 -
Its very rare to find one that isn't (Tesco is the only one that comes to mind). The card networks are expected to put in a mandate fairly soon to make all cards contactless (This has already been done in Australia and New Zealand).
The Nectar American Express isn't either.0 -
HSBC, First Direct and Nationwide don't (yet) issue contactless credit cards. Only their debit cards are contactless.0
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Vanquis, Capital One Platinum and I presume Luma, are not contactless.0
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Post office also don't issue contactless cards.0
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Halifax Clarity old cards are not contactless (and apparently can't be upgraded as such).
Apparently that's no longer the case.
I think people will have to get used to contactless, use cash or become experts with a drill. All credit cards are likely to be contactless within the next few years.
I recall several people saying they would never use Chip'n'PIN due. Of course most of them do now.
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reclusive46 wrote: »Its very rare to find one that isn't (Tesco is the only one that comes to mind).
My Mum's Tesco card is.
Edit: it isn't - double checked after candyapple's post!SPC 8 (2015) #485 TOTAL: £334.65
SPC 9 (2016) #485 TOTAL £84
SPC 10 (2017) # 485 TOTAL: £464.80
SPC 11 (2018) #4850 -
My Mum's Tesco card is.
She probably has a Tesco debit card. Tesco confirmed in June 2015 that they will be looking at possibly rolling it out next year for credit cards.
https://yourcommunity.tescobank.com/t5/Day-to-Day-Banking/Contactless-Credit-Card/td-p/1359I'm a Board Guide on the Credit Cards, Loans, Credit Files & Ratings boards. I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly, and I can move and merge threads there. Any views are mine and not the official line of moneysavingexpert.com0
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