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Is it contactless?

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omits
omits Posts: 100 Forumite
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I have MBNA CC and two other debit cards. They do not have the wavy line symbol next to the wifi symbol. How do I know by looking at them if they are? Thanks.
Thanks for your time.

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  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 10,620 Forumite
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    Ring the bank and ask or try and use the card to pay contactless would be the easiest options

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

  • Lewys
    Lewys Posts: 15 Forumite
    I have an MBNA contactless credit card, and a couple of other current accounts that are all contactless and they just have this on them:
    contactless-symbol55-30067.png

    Sounds like you're saying you have another symbol next to the contactless one though?
  • cajef
    cajef Posts: 6,283 Forumite
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    omits wrote: »
    They do not have the wavy line symbol next to the wifi symbol.
    Wi-Fi on a credit card?

    The contactless symbol is as shown by Lewys in the post above.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    cajef wrote: »
    Wi-Fi on a credit card?
    Yeah - with the Call-Us cc you can now speak directly to customer services from your credit card.
  • Ben8282
    Ben8282 Posts: 4,821 Forumite
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    If the cards have the symbol shown in post 3 they are contactless.
    If you are still in doubt, just try to use them contactless and see what happens.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,331 Community Admin
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    The symbol could also be on the back of the card.
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • its_all_over
    its_all_over Posts: 183 Forumite
    omits wrote: »
    I have MBNA CC and two other debit cards. They do not have the wavy line symbol next to the wifi symbol. How do I know by looking at them if they are? Thanks.

    Why don't you take a photo, blank out your name and the last bit of the number and upload a photo to the thread for the experts to have a look at. There shouldn't be a WiFi symbol on the card.
  • capital0ne
    capital0ne Posts: 872 Forumite
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    If you have a smart phone, load up an NFC reader turn on NFC on your phone and see if you can read it. In fact read a contactless card and you'll be amazed at what it shows, now imagine a criminal reading your card(s)

    Sleep tight folks, it'll all be okay
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