Santander Visa / Debit Mastercard

dr_adidas01

Lightning360 said:

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dr_adidas01 said:

Nope it means Multi Function Card and applies to all of Santander’s debit cards.

I believe Santander have 3 types of debit cards

"DEBIT MFC" Offline Authorisation

Visa Debit 4547
Debit Mastercard 535666

"DEBIT MFC ONLINE" Online Authorisation (Issued to customers who don't meet the internal BS threshold for a standard DEBIT MFC)

Visa Debit 4757
Debit Mastercard 535667 

"DEBIT MFC ONLINE YOUTH" Issued on 123 mini accounts 

Visa Debit 4757
Debit Mastercard 535667 

The BIN range for Santander Debit Mastercards is 535666 and 535667, so I would make a good guess that 66 is the offline variant (DEBIT MFC) while 67 is online (DEBIT MFC ONLINE, DEBIT MFC ONLINE YOUTH).

Mine says DEBIT MFC YOUTH and is a student account.
Might be obvious, but what does BIN range mean?

Bank Identification Number (BIN) it’s used to identify which bank issued the card and to process transactions. 

huw01

my card expires 04/21 select debit visa. i presume it will be a mastercard replacement

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EarthBoy said:

dr_adidas01 said:

Nope it means Multi Function Card and applies to all of Santander’s debit cards.

 When debit cards first came out, many banks had their own names for them, -they weren't just called debit cards like they are now.  Barclays (which was the first) had Connect.  NatWest had Servicecard.  Multifunction Card is the old Abbey National Name.  

They used to issue a ATM card, standalone £50 Cheque Card, ATM/Electron Debit card and ATM/Visa debit/£100 Cheque card hence the multi-function name.

huw01

Ah yes the old cheque guarantee card. I remember I think was it Barclays Connect that had one with a hologram of Shakespeare in the £100 cheque guarantee logo