ZOPA - BEWARE

FIDUSCUSTOS

actually not the case, as I used my back up, but what about those less fortunate? Hence my post 

TOP_CAT

Those less fortunate probably dont travel the world but may visit social services down the road .

 

FIDUSCUSTOS

I’ll bow to your experience 

glennevis

FIDUSCUSTOS said:

Then you have same problem , my point is verification, they do not offer alternatives, other banks do. 

If you don't want to change banks then you may wish to reconsider which mobile service provider you use.

If you use a bank which is locked to your mobile number it seems a wise precaution to consider what happens to banking services if you lose your phone or the SIM becomes faulty. 

Some mobile service providers offer the abitity to swap a faulty SIM online whilst keeping your number and all allowances. No visit to a shop or contacting CS, so useful if abroad. So just find such a provider, port your number to them, then carry an unactivated SIM with you in case your SIM needs to be swapped out.

I can do this with my mobile service provider. They send out free unactivated SIMs to give to friends, I just kept one back for myself.