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Credit Cards
On Mar 28, 11:10*am, Mizter T wrote:
On 28 Mar, 16:36, Ianigsy wrote: Yes. AIUI debit cards use a different number range to credit cards. Whether companies elsewhere in the world would be able to instantly tell the difference between a UK issued debit and credit card is another question. Yes again- having spoken to somebody who works in the fraud risk department of a bank, the UK is only just moving to a system of having the same number of digits in a debit card number as the rest of the world. *Prior to that it wasn't possible to use a UK-issued debit card for online transactions processed abroad as foreign systems wouldn't accept our account numbers. I think the issue you're referring to on concerns Switch debit cards, which have now been rebranded Maestro, which used a different numbering system but I believe are now 'switching over' to the worldwide standard (16 principal digits). Visa debit cards (aka Visa delta) have always complied with the global standard, as have their online authorisation only sibling Visa Electron. I'm not quite sure what the story is with regards to Switch's online authorisation only sibling the Solo card and their compliance or otherwise with regards to the worldwide standard. Thank you for the interesting responses. Most of my cards are with US institutions, others are with UK banks. I had been using Credit and Debit cards for similar transactions, both domestically and internationally, without problems. Adrian |
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