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pre loaded debit card wanted
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Like a debit card, linked to a bank account?GringoGoesToVagas said:
I dont quite understand your question!retiredbanker1 said:Can I ask why does it have to be a top up card and not a debit card from a bank account?
I mean it can be any type of card really; visa, American express est, so long as I can add money to it in the form of cash. So I can then use the card in shops and online and even withdraw from a hole in a wall half way round the world0 -
Can I ask why, given that a regular current account with an associated debit card would seem to be the easiest, cheapest & most straightforward way to do what you appear to want ?GringoGoesToVagas said:
But Im closing my bank account down so, so that will no longer be an optionretiredbanker1 said:
You ask about pre loaded debit cards - and you have received a few replies about them .GringoGoesToVagas said:
I dont quite understand your question!retiredbanker1 said:Can I ask why does it have to be a top up card and not a debit card from a bank account?
I mean it can be any type of card really; visa, American express est, so long as I can add money to it in the form of cash. So I can then use the card in shops and online and even withdraw from a hole in a wall half way round the world
A debit card from a bank would do the same thing - especially if you wanted to pay cash via an ATM Post office or a Branch.2 -
It's a very, very, bad idea to close down your only bank account without opening another one.GringoGoesToVagas said:
But Im closing my bank account down so, so that will no longer be an optionretiredbanker1 said:
You ask about pre loaded debit cards - and you have received a few replies about them .GringoGoesToVagas said:
I dont quite understand your question!retiredbanker1 said:Can I ask why does it have to be a top up card and not a debit card from a bank account?
I mean it can be any type of card really; visa, American express est, so long as I can add money to it in the form of cash. So I can then use the card in shops and online and even withdraw from a hole in a wall half way round the world
A debit card from a bank would do the same thing - especially if you wanted to pay cash via an ATM Post office or a Branch.0 -
Funding with cash is the problem. Why do you want to do that? You can do it with this one without registration:You will have to pay £3 per month, and the UK version of an EU rule limits you to a maximum of £40 per payment (to limit the usefulness to money launderers). You will also be stung if you make foreign currency payments. The mainstream banks are all worried about being fined for not doing enough to stop money laundering. They do not want anonymous customers.1
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As I said before, I am closing down my bank accountBarkin said:
Can I ask why, given that a regular current account with an associated debit card would seem to be the easiest, cheapest & most straightforward way to do what you appear to want ?GringoGoesToVagas said:
But Im closing my bank account down so, so that will no longer be an optionretiredbanker1 said:
You ask about pre loaded debit cards - and you have received a few replies about them .GringoGoesToVagas said:
I dont quite understand your question!retiredbanker1 said:Can I ask why does it have to be a top up card and not a debit card from a bank account?
I mean it can be any type of card really; visa, American express est, so long as I can add money to it in the form of cash. So I can then use the card in shops and online and even withdraw from a hole in a wall half way round the world
A debit card from a bank would do the same thing - especially if you wanted to pay cash via an ATM Post office or a Branch.0 -
I dont plan on opening or having another bank accountEarthBoy said:
It's a very, very, bad idea to close down your only bank account without opening another one.GringoGoesToVagas said:
But Im closing my bank account down so, so that will no longer be an optionretiredbanker1 said:
You ask about pre loaded debit cards - and you have received a few replies about them .GringoGoesToVagas said:
I dont quite understand your question!retiredbanker1 said:Can I ask why does it have to be a top up card and not a debit card from a bank account?
I mean it can be any type of card really; visa, American express est, so long as I can add money to it in the form of cash. So I can then use the card in shops and online and even withdraw from a hole in a wall half way round the world
A debit card from a bank would do the same thing - especially if you wanted to pay cash via an ATM Post office or a Branch.0 -
They dont want customers at all!; they want slavesGeoffTF said:The mainstream banks are all worried about being fined for not doing enough to stop money laundering. They do not want anonymous customers.0 -
Ah! That explains it...GringoGoesToVagas said:
They dont want customers at all!; they want slavesGeoffTF said:The mainstream banks are all worried about being fined for not doing enough to stop money laundering. They do not want anonymous customers.6 -
Unlike the prepaid/ecash offerings, who want freedom?GringoGoesToVagas said:
They dont want customers at all!; they want slavesGeoffTF said:The mainstream banks are all worried about being fined for not doing enough to stop money laundering. They do not want anonymous customers.0
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