Replacement Halifax Clarity Card

TwiceNightly

There is no requirement for the strip to be there any more on Mastercards.

https://www.mastercard.com/news/press/2018/signing-off-mastercard-moves-beyond-signatures-worldwide/

Victor_Delta

Thanks. Would perhaps be helpful if they mentioned this on the paperwork sent with the card - as I am obviously not alone in querying this issue (especially when a small signature box is still provided on the card).

WillPS

Victor_Delta said:

Thanks. Would perhaps be helpful if they mentioned this on the paperwork sent with the card - as I am obviously not alone in querying this issue (especially when a small signature box is still provided on the card).

Where a box is provided, a card should be signed still as your accompanying paperwork will confirm. What @TwiceNightly 's link confirms is that issuers no longer have to include a strip at all - but in my experience very few issuers have actually gone as far as to remove them (or even the requirement to sign it).

Your agreement is with Halifax, not Mastercard, so you should follow their instructions. For cards where I can't sign with my normal signature I normally just use my 'initials' version. It's highly unlikely to ever be checked unless it gets robbed/cloned and sent abroad, and in those circumstances I'm confident my issuers would swiftly resolve the issue for me.

Victor_Delta

WillPS said:

...as your accompanying paperwork will confirm... 

Thanks. You must have better eyesight than me. If it's there at all, it's very well hidden.