New Santander Visa Debit card but for 8 months?

james72

Not sure if this is the right place for this


I just got a 'replacement'/new Visa Debit card - as my last one [after many years] was about to expire


I noticed this one ends on 12/20 [so is only for 8 months]


Why would they send me one for such a short time


Is there some reason to this - that they want everone to get cards running to the end of December [?]


I'm just curious, and I couldn't word a question in Google to get an answer

agrinnall

It isn't the right place (Banking board is probably best) but the answer is likely to be tied up with Santander having agreed a deal with Mastercard to issue their debit cards rather than Visa ones. They have 9 million cards to migrate so I expect the batch that you are part of will get new Mastercard debit cards in December.


https://news.sky.com/story/about-turn-as-mastercard-scores-win-in-debit-card-war-with-visa-11355944


Edit: And that'll be December 2020, which is 20 months away, not 8 - this is 2019!

james72

Ahh


Yes you are correct on both points... I'm part bear and so have a new year every 6 months


Thanks

Dizzy_Ditzy

12/20 is next year though so you have 20 months not 8?

agrinnall

Dizzy_Ditzy wrote: »

12/20 is next year though so you have 20 months not 8?

See posts #2 and #3, you're late to the game.