Contactless Card Question

Mdbrfc11

Hello, I have a Flex account with Nationwide and am stuck in the past with just a chip an pin debit card.


Does anyone know if by changing to contactless the card number and CCV number will change? If it stays the same I will apply for one


it's just I'm being lazy and have account's/debits etc with the card details and fully memorised the number now

Robin9

You will get a new CVV.

ceb1995

All 4 of my cards got new numbers and cvvs when I changed them to contactless.

teddysmum

Is contactless worth having ? I only use mine to get the 5% cashback on up to £100 spend, but find that a number of shops (especially Tesco's self service and Aldi ) have machines which staff admit are 'always playing up' or 'not working with contactless , today'. (very annoying when you have shopped being careful to keep with in the £30 limit, then lose the chance of saving almost £1.50 .

JuicyJesus

teddysmum wrote: »

Is contactless worth having ? I only use mine to get the 5% cashback on up to £100 spend, but find that a number of shops (especially Tesco's self service and Aldi ) have machines which staff admit are 'always playing up' or 'not working with contactless , today'. (very annoying when you have shopped being careful to keep with in the £30 limit, then lose the chance of saving almost £1.50 .

It always seems fine to me. And it's not like having contactless available stops you from using Chip and PIN.

Zanderman

teddysmum wrote: »

Is contactless worth having ? I only use mine to get the 5% cashback on up to £100 spend, but find that a number of shops (especially Tesco's self service and Aldi ) have machines which staff admit are 'always playing up' or 'not working with contactless , today'. (very annoying when you have shopped being careful to keep with in the £30 limit, then lose the chance of saving almost £1.50 .

Some people swear by contactless, and it certainly seems worth it if you are regularly using contactless-enabled public transport (London, obviously, and some other places) and regularly buy your coffee, lunch whatever with it.

But I've yet to be wowed by it. Our local public transport doesn't use it, we don't buy coffee or lunch out, and so our main use is in supermarkets. And those, as teddysmum says, are very hit and miss, to put it mildly. Half the time the machines don't work for contactless. Or the cards don't work. So you end up entering the pin anyway, having wasted your time trying the 'time-saving' contactless. We've almost given up trying it as there is no incentive to even try it if it fails so often.

But it's clearly a winner for some people!

Keep_pedalling

Why would a change do CVV number concern you?

agrinnall

Mdbrfc11 wrote: »

it's just I'm being lazy and have account's/debits etc with the card details and fully memorised the number now

You won't need to change any account that uses the card details, and there is really no need to memorise the number because it's written on the card so you can just look at that when you need it.

EarthBoy

The CVV always changes when you get a new card, even if the card number remains the same, e.g. when an old card expires and they send you a new one it will have a different CVV on it.

20aday

I love contactless (mainly Apple Pay) as TSB offer 5% back each month (up to £100 as posted above).

I know some of the terminals can be hit and miss but then again I've had trouble with my credit/debit cards being read when using Chip & PIN.

Out of the banks I use I'd say TSB tends to be the most reliable.

Mdbrfc11

Thanks all, I'm just going to stick with my chip and pin until the card expires in2019