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  • WillPS
    WillPS Posts: 5,162 Forumite
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    Looks like turning off contactless also turns off chip and pin purchases for RBS credit cards.  Which may not  what the OP wants.  I assume NatWest is the same.
    Wouldn't that effectively render the card unusable in practice  - other than for online transactions ?

    I believe Chip and Signature is still an option?   Good luck finding a pen at the till though!
    I think this is only offered for customers with additional support needs?
  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 10,753 Forumite
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    Either use a card as suggested where contactless can be disabled or use phone pay where payments required authorisation like face unlock or fingerprint, the fears about contactless are massively overblown and yet the myths like people walking down the street stealing money from cards with a portable machine still abound.

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

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