Curve Card

Olinda99

this is the samsung pay + equivalent

k_man

PRAISETHESUN said:

surreysaver said:

PRAISETHESUN said:

WillPS said:

What's the situation with Curve and Tesco Bank credit cards currently? A few years ago there was a fairly farsical situation where they started treating all Curve transactions as cash. The whole thing went on for months, but obviously I stopped using Tesco Bank via Curve at the time and haven't tried since; I'd be interested to know if it works now though.

Haven't used it for a while with my Tesco CC but last I heard it had been fixed and Tesco refunded anyone affected. If you're shopping in Tesco though, you're better off using the actual Tesco card for the extra clubcard points - Curve masks where the transaction happens so Tesco won't see it as an in-store spend.

Does this mean that NatWest won't be able to pay me my 1% cashback for supermarket spend, and it will only be 0.25%?

I can't comment on NatWest but the last time I tried using Curve in a Tesco store with my old Tesco CC, I got the lower ClubCard rate rather than the in-store spend rate. It's probably worth a small test, as the other posters have suggested.

As discussed in above:

k_man said:

Sorry, this was a general response, not specific to your RBS card.

If the cashback deal on the specific credit card is for any supermarket, it should work. 

Some deals are different, as we know, e.g. Tesco credit card points.
Other credit cards may have similar exclusions, e.g not petrol station mini stores etc.

And in another thread:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/79170130/#Comment_79170130

Curve passes the merchant category, but not the specific merchant ID to the card provider

As such Tesco card (in this case) knows the type/category of merchant (MCC) but not the actual merchant ID (MID) and so merchant specific offers may not track correctly.

Tesco points are specific to shopping at the specific merchant ID of Tesco.

Supermarket spend for NatWest/RBS is reliant only on the merchant category of supermarket.

xlnc99

Can you change the nickname for the curve card in google pay?

Im getting an error message

surreysaver

The 'Rules' don't seem to work properly on Curve. I set a rule for transactions of £2 and below to use my Co-Op debit card, made a transaction of £1.65, but it still used my default card 

wiseonesomeofthetime

xlnc99 said:

Can you change the nickname for the curve card in google pay?

Im getting an error message

Yes. I can. 

surreysaver

k_man said:

As long as it is any supermarket, and not specific supermarket chain(s).

Suggest a test purchase first via Curve, to see if it tracks.

Just to report back, I'm getting the 1% when using my NatWest Reward Card via Curve

Daliah

surreysaver said:

k_man said:

As long as it is any supermarket, and not specific supermarket chain(s).

Suggest a test purchase first via Curve, to see if it tracks.

Just to report back, I'm getting the 1% when using my NatWest Reward Card via Curve

As expected   

xlnc99

wiseonesomeofthetime said:

xlnc99 said:

Can you change the nickname for the curve card in google pay?

Im getting an error message

Yes. I can. 

That is strange - are you using google pay app or google pay on the laptop?
Why am i getting an error message

xlnc99

Can you use Curve a petrol stations? Not inside, but pay as you pump
Also what happens when you lose the card? Can anyone just use the card as per normal and you will get a refund back?

Finally - what is the back in time feature. How do they change payment cards once its already been taken

Thanks

Daliah

xlnc99 said:

Can you use Curve a petrol stations? Not inside, but pay as you pump

Yes. https://community.curve.com/t/fuel-payments-50-authorization/25634

xlnc99 said:

Also what happens when you lose the card? Can anyone just use the card as per normal and you will get a refund back?

https://help.curve.com/ive-lost-my-card-Syo9Bd28_

xlnc99 said:

Finally - what is the back in time feature. How do they change payment cards once its already been taken

https://help.curve.com/what-is-go-back-in-time-ByrH_2U_#:~:text=Go Back in Time allows,done entirely in the app!