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WillPS wrote: Tue 17 Jun, 2025 07.13

thegeek wrote: Sun 15 Jun, 2025 19.00 It's a bit strange that they made such a big deal about changing to Mastercard, only to roll it back again.

I'm half-tempted to 'lose' my Child & Co card to see what shows up, though it would probably just be exactly the same as my existing card.

It would be yes. Childs and Drummonds sort codes both went 'fully Mastercard' a couple of years back.

Interestingly apparently those sort codes are now closed to new business as well.

yes, the question occasionally comes up on the Monzo forums - it seems that for a while there was a legacy application form which you could access if you used the URL and changed a few attributes under the hood, but apparently that doesn't work anymore.

The sort code picker was still active back when I applied, and Child & Co was (almost) my closest RBS branch at the time, so it's almost a legit excuse. Still not had a reason to use the fancypants chequebook!

WillPS wrote: Tue 17 Jun, 2025 07.13

thegeek wrote: Sun 15 Jun, 2025 19.00 It's a bit strange that they made such a big deal about changing to Mastercard, only to roll it back again.

I'm half-tempted to 'lose' my Child & Co card to see what shows up, though it would probably just be exactly the same as my existing card.

It would be yes. Childs and Drummonds sort codes both went 'fully Mastercard' a couple of years back.

Interestingly apparently those sort codes are now closed to new business as well.

yes, the question occasionally comes up on the Monzo forums - it seems that for a while there was a legacy application form which you could access if you used the URL and changed a few attributes under the hood, but apparently that doesn't work anymore.

The sort code picker was still active back when I applied, and Child & Co was (almost) my closest RBS branch at the time, so it's almost a legit excuse. Still not had a reason to use the fancypants chequebook!