New Credit Card Designs

femalemonarchfemalecanine

Just got a new Virgin card with a choice of 3 designs. Not that it matters because its for a balance transfer so it'll go in my spare wallet for the duration, but anyway, I had the rainbow design because it was the most colourful [red or a cassette were the other choices]. It was the cheap BT that attracted me though.
Cant remember if portrait or landscape, though landscape at a guess.

Fingerbobs

I noticed when logging into TSB the other day that the images they show of the debit cards alongside the current accounts are also in portrait format. I assume from this that the next replacement cards I get will be of this portrait design.

The first portrait card I had was Egg Money, in 2007.

SlovakianGuy

Yeah, I'm one of those 'geeks' who also care about the card design, among other things of course.

Maybe it's just me, but cards without embossed numbers always look cheaper or like some kind of a kid version of real cards to me. I don't mind portrait design but I'd like to have something 3D on such card.

I really like my Monzo and TransferWise debit cards for their loud colours (hot coral and bright green).
I was also surprised when I got my first Amex Everyday Platinum and two people independently of each other told me "wow this card looks amazing". Amex really have nice card designs.

ic

Fingerbobs said:

The first portrait card I had was Egg Money, in 2007. 

They were ahead of their time.  Certainly liked the idea that it was a credit card and savings account in one.  Only thing was the savings interest rate was better elsewhere.

Malkytheheed

ic said:

Fingerbobs said:

The first portrait card I had was Egg Money, in 2007. 

They were ahead of their time.  Certainly liked the idea that it was a credit card and savings account in one.  Only thing was the savings interest rate was better elsewhere.

Didn't it have a rounded corner as well? Or was that Mint? 

dr_adidas01

Malkytheheed said:

ic said:

Fingerbobs said:

The first portrait card I had was Egg Money, in 2007. 

They were ahead of their time.  Certainly liked the idea that it was a credit card and savings account in one.  Only thing was the savings interest rate was better elsewhere.

Didn't it have a rounded corner as well? Or was that Mint? 

Mint was the one with a rounded corner I used to have one.

[Deleted User]

Having the numbers/details printed rather than embossed is like going back to having a Visa Electron card :

Ganga

I received my new Halifax Clarity card today as my old one expires soon and my only concern is the new card is very very thin and MIGHT end up damaged / snapped over time and i know the bank will issue a new one but if in say NewYork and it fails ?
Only time will tell ,apart from that i am not bothered what it looks like.

WillPS

It doesn't matter one jot in terms of deciding which product to use, but my preference is for a flat card rather than one with embossed details as the foil always rubs off within a few months, and they take up more wallet space.

In 20 years of having a debit card I have honestly never had an imprint taken; although the first 7 of those would have been an electronic-only Solo card.

jet01

WillPS said:

It doesn't matter one jot in terms of deciding which product to use, but my preference is for a flat card rather than one with embossed details as the foil always rubs off within a few months, and they take up more wallet space.

In 20 years of having a debit card I have honestly never had an imprint taken; although the first 7 of those would have been an electronic-only Solo card.

Do card companies still accept payments taken using carbon slips on those old slider imprint machines? I don’t remember anywhere taking payment from me using one of those since the late nineties. I assumed the fact that these are now obsolete was one of the main reasons many cards are no longer embossed with the card number on the front.