Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Sat 14 Oct, 2023 13.10
Not worked out like that for me. Just transferred some money to one of my own accounts I haven't transferred to before and I still needed the card reader. Fortunately I've got a few since they were all the same anyway. Although apparently it is 'less likely' that I'll need it in the future if I co-operate with the card reader now, even though no other option was available.WillPS wrote: ↑Mon 09 Oct, 2023 10.55You only needed it to set up a payee, not to make a payment - but still it was a pain and yes it's (mostly) been replaced by SMS one time codes now.Pete wrote: ↑Mon 09 Oct, 2023 08.32 apparently they've finally updated their ancient banking app so you don't need the stupid wee calculator card reader to send tiny amounts of money any more. i'm a shameless "oh i'll sort the bill" person on nights out (I want the Amex points) but there was always one colleague who used paypal to pay me back bc she didn't carry her ridiculous contraption around with her.
Making a payment to an account you haven't transferred to is the same as setting up a payee, no?cwathen wrote: ↑Mon 23 Oct, 2023 21.57Not worked out like that for me. Just transferred some money to one of my own accounts I haven't transferred to before and I still needed the card reader. Fortunately I've got a few since they were all the same anyway. Although apparently it is 'less likely' that I'll need it in the future if I co-operate with the card reader now, even though no other option was available.WillPS wrote: ↑Mon 09 Oct, 2023 10.55You only needed it to set up a payee, not to make a payment - but still it was a pain and yes it's (mostly) been replaced by SMS one time codes now.Pete wrote: ↑Mon 09 Oct, 2023 08.32 apparently they've finally updated their ancient banking app so you don't need the stupid wee calculator card reader to send tiny amounts of money any more. i'm a shameless "oh i'll sort the bill" person on nights out (I want the Amex points) but there was always one colleague who used paypal to pay me back bc she didn't carry her ridiculous contraption around with her.
On the subject of questionable paraphernalia necessary to operate your bank account, do HSBC still have that stupid 'secure key' thing you had to put on your keyring and carry around with you?
Well, that design didn't last long - this is what's now showing on the RBS website:
6 of my 7 Natwest Group cards are now Mastercard. Three of those have always had Mastercards (opened last year), the other 3 were all replaced at once in about March this year, the replaced Visas had a stated expiration of 2026. The remaining one is my longest held account and has an expiration date of 2025 (but I doubt it'll make it to that).Martin Phillp wrote: ↑Sat 25 Nov, 2023 16.22 I'm still on Visa with Natwest when they were just starting to issue Mastercard replacements when I had my card replaced in 2022. Not that it's a major issue, but it's clearly a long process to move everyone across. It's still valid until 2025.
I'm 60-16-16 Peckham, so that would explain why mine is still with Visa.WillPS wrote: ↑Sun 26 Nov, 2023 09.306 of my 7 Natwest Group cards are now Mastercard. Three of those have always had Mastercards (opened last year), the other 3 were all replaced at once in about March this year, the replaced Visas had a stated expiration of 2026. The remaining one is my longest held account and has an expiration date of 2025 (but I doubt it'll make it to that).Martin Phillp wrote: ↑Sat 25 Nov, 2023 16.22 I'm still on Visa with Natwest when they were just starting to issue Mastercard replacements when I had my card replaced in 2022. Not that it's a major issue, but it's clearly a long process to move everyone across. It's still valid until 2025.
I think they're replacing them all sort code by sort code, so my main RBS branch (15-80-00, London Child & Co) is all Mastercard now, but my Natwest branch (60-80-09, Nottingham Victoria) is still a mixture. Presumably at some point there'll be a small enough number of Visa Debits left group-wide that they can just send replacements for all of them.