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Technical Help & Discussion => General Tech Discussion, News & Q&A => Topic started by: Clive on April 13, 2023, 14:47
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Anyone heard of this? My credit card provider is touting this new method of payment as it is much quicker and simpler.
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Is it this?
https://www.mastercard.co.uk/en-gb/personal/ways-to-pay/pay-by-bank-app.html
I still carry cards as I haven't got around to trusting payments by my phone yet. I can swipe or scan a card much quicker in a restaurant than it seems to take people fiddling about with their phones.
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It seems a bit like Apple Pay but I’ll pop into my branch when I get home. It might be my last visit before it closes in September. We will then have just one bank left in the town- a Welsh one called Principality. During the past few years Barclays, HSBC, NatWest, and Lloyds have gone!
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We're quite lucky here, in that we still have branches of all of the 'Big Four' banks, plus Halifax, Nationwide and a couple of other building societies.
I say 'lucky' - I've not been into my bank for years...
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Make no mistake, they are coming for you!
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;D
We seems to be able to keep hold of things here. We still have a fully functioning M&S store, where others have closed.
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Brighton is far bigger and more exciting than Porthcawl so I’m confident you will hang onto most of your banks in the short term.