New design of the NatWest Debit Mastercard in case anyone's interested

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Deleted_User said:

How come everyone is moving the Mastercard these days? I remember back when Mastercard Debit were Maestro and hardly anyone issued them.

Switch Maestro was a separate debit product.

dr_adidas01

Deleted_User said:

Deleted_User said:

How come everyone is moving the Mastercard these days? I remember back when Mastercard Debit were Maestro and hardly anyone issued them.

Switch Maestro was a separate debit product.

It may have been a separate product but it is still owned by MasterCard. 

[Deleted User]

Deleted_User said:

Deleted_User said:

How come everyone is moving the Mastercard these days? I remember back when Mastercard Debit were Maestro and hardly anyone issued them.

Switch Maestro was a separate debit product.

Maestro was/is owned by Mastercard this is what I'm getting at. Back in the Maestro days not many banks did Maestro as most switched away to Visa after Switch became Maestro and also at the time Mastercard Debit was unheard of.

WillPS

Deleted_User said:

Deleted_User said:

Deleted_User said:

How come everyone is moving the Mastercard these days? I remember back when Mastercard Debit were Maestro and hardly anyone issued them.

Switch Maestro was a separate debit product.

Maestro was/is owned by Mastercard this is what I'm getting at. Back in the Maestro days not many banks did Maestro as most switched away to Visa after Switch became Maestro and also at the time Mastercard Debit was unheard of.

Not quite unheard of - Clydesdale (+ Yorkshire) started moving from Maestro to Mastercard Debit in 2009 (when RBS Group and HSBC were in the process of moving to Visa Debit):
Warning - New Clydesdale Bank MasterCard Debit Cards — MoneySavingExpert Forum

gsmh

Have all NatWest and Royal Bank customers received their new Mastercard Debit Cards now? I have a Child & Co branded VISA debit card and there is no sign of a Mastercard.

MDMD

They were a bit vague about when they will issue them all. I’ve not received either a NatWest or RBS (Child and Co) card.

WillPS

gsmh said:

Have all NatWest and Royal Bank customers received their new Mastercard Debit Cards now? I have a Child & Co branded VISA debit card and there is no sign of a Mastercard.

Newp - only customers who have had a new card issued so far (i.e. lost/stolen, expired or new account) - my Natwest Visa Debit card is still active. I've seen suggestions that the mass reissue will be June or sometime this summer.

I opened a new account at 15-80-00 last week and received a Child & Co Visa Debit. I expect if it was any other branch of RBS I would have received a Mastercard though.

financial_pickle

Just received mine, it’s even worse nothing on the from at all - looks and feels like a really bad hotel key! 

RG2015

financial_pickle said:

Just received mine, it’s even worse nothing on the from at all - looks and feels like a really bad hotel key! 

Nice denim 

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I like the new idea of vertical cards with the details printed on the back like my Starling Bank debit card and Virgin Money credit card.

Horizontal cards with embossed gold/silver details (that always wear off) are so old fashioned, like who even has an old swish swoosh carbon copy slip contraption thing these days!