Replacement Halifax Clarity Card

katies_mum

 Hi, have just received a replacement Clarity card and the signing strip on the reverse of the card is really small and not big enough for a signature. There was nothing in the paperwork to say that the card has to be signed on receipt.  Please might anyone know if the new cards are not meant to be signed.    Many thanks 

Fighter1986

They are meant to be signed, someone could use the card fraudulently if you don't sign it. Not so much in the UK but a lot of foreign countries still do swipe and signature. I assume you're planning to travel with the card if it's a Clarity card.

Squeeze your old John Hancock in the space they've given you as best you can. 

EarthBoy

If they weren't meant to be signed they wouldn't have a signature strip, although I know that some people never bother signing cards these days.  If you want to sign it, just do it as best you can.

[Deleted User]

katies_mum said:

 Hi, have just received a replacement Clarity card and the signing strip on the reverse of the card is really small and not big enough for a signature. There was nothing in the paperwork to say that the card has to be signed on receipt.  Please might anyone know if the new cards are not meant to be signed.    Many thanks 

I'd be surprised if there wasn't mention in the paperwork, all cards I have received always state you should sign it immediately on receipt as it's not accepted without a signature.

katies_mum

Thank you all for replying, I do think it needs signing and was worried about using it without a signature.  Just wanted to see if anyone else had received one because it looks a little odd,  the signing strip is only 2.5cm compared to my old card which is about 5cm.

General_Grant

I think the strip may not be as long as it used to be - no longer almost the full length of the card.  This may be to protect the chip as the signature strip does not stretch over that part of the card.  Just a guess but perhaps some people were pressing so hard with their ballpoint pen that it was damaging the chip.

CRISPIANNE3

katies_mum said:

 Hi, have just received a replacement Clarity card and the signing strip on the reverse of the card is really small and not big enough for a signature. There was nothing in the paperwork to say that the card has to be signed on receipt.  Please might anyone know if the new cards are not meant to be signed.    Many thanks 

I received one of their new style cards and although a bit tight I found no issue in signing on the card. However we are all different.

katies_mum

Thank you all, its signed now 

Carrot007

Deleted_User said:

I'd be surprised if there wasn't mention in the paperwork, all cards I have received always state you should sign it immediately on receipt as it's not accepted without a signature.

Although once when I forgot to sign it and a shop noticed they just let me sign it there rather than not accept it. Of course that made no sense, but it was convienient!

Fingerbobs

Deleted_User said:

katies_mum said:

 Hi, have just received a replacement Clarity card and the signing strip on the reverse of the card is really small and not big enough for a signature. There was nothing in the paperwork to say that the card has to be signed on receipt.  Please might anyone know if the new cards are not meant to be signed.    Many thanks 

I'd be surprised if there wasn't mention in the paperwork, all cards I have received always state you should sign it immediately on receipt as it's not accepted without a signature.

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but just to confirm that I have had a couple of new cards from LBG over the last few months, and I can 100% guarantee that there was absolutely nothing enclosed with the cards or attached to them that suggested they needed to be signed. I even commented on the fact on another thread at the time because I found it so surprising.

However, the card carrier letter received with the replacement Halifax Debit Card I received last week had been re-drafted, and now says the new card needs to be signed.

I think it was an oversight on their part which has now been fixed.

TOP_CAT

I havent signed any of my debit cards or credit cards in years