Collected thoughts on card design

[npc_06]

Happy birthday @davidwalton

[Rexx]

Interesting that they do Google Pay! I have a second Android phone so could add it there…

[kwjor (夏)]

I do love the unique designs that Bank of China put out.

[npc_06]

The superior combo.

[fillip2k]

Wait, I thought Monzo Flex was a virtual card only?

[Revels]

Help us test physical Flex cards

Help us test physical Flex cards You’ll already have a pretty good idea of what we’re announcing today - as is tradition! We’ve been designing, building and testing physical cards for a while and we’re excited to invite you to try them too. But first, here’s what you need to know… Physical cards are optional We know not everyone wants or needs a physical card, so you’ll have a choice. You carry on using the virtual card and flexing existing Monzo transactions from the pas…

[fillip2k]

Oh, thanks for the link!

[npc_06]

[mikez]

Cards have arrived - just waiting for the telephone banking security code now so that I can set up online/app banking.

[ndrw (Smartest ‘person’ in the ‘room’.)]

Still beyond me why HSBC felt the need to ruin a great card design just for the sake of going vertical.

Also it bothers me that they just decided to mirror the same background graphic for the debit and credit cards.

[andrew_fishy (Monzo is better than Starling)]

I heard it was a requirement by Visa now?

Saying that, they also did it for their MasterCard, where Monzo haven’t, so it can’t be a requirement for MasterCard

[ndrw (Smartest ‘person’ in the ‘room’.)]

@andrew_fishy

I heard it was a requirement by Visa now?

What is? Making cards vertical? Or having a really uninspiring design?

[andrew_fishy (Monzo is better than Starling)]

Making the cards vertical, the crappy design is down to the banks

[Lightning720]

Nationwide Visa cards are landscape and they got a new design not too long ago

[npc_06]

Revolut Visa cards are also horizontal, and my FD credit card.

[andrew_fishy (Monzo is better than Starling)]

Huh, I heard it was a requirement, seems I was misinformed

Visa Card guide

[ndrw (Smartest ‘person’ in the ‘room’.)]

Some of those guideline designs look as if they were a result of an Apprentice task to design a new debit card…

[coffeemadman (Jonathon 🏳️‍🌈)]

Ugh I still find vertical designs painful

[JIMMWX (Village Idiot)]

@ndrw

ruin a great card design

FWIW having had the old (lions) and the new (as @mikez) I rather like the new design. Perhaps the vertical lion might have been a good choice. Just wish that First Direct would also go vertical, then I can get a vertical wallet

[mikez]

@ndrw

Still beyond me why HSBC felt the need to ruin a great card design just for the sake of going vertical.

I know that I’m in the minority but I actually prefer the new HSBC cards to the lions.

@ndrw

Also it bothers me that they just decided to mirror the same background graphic for the debit and credit cards.

I noticed that when I was taking the photo. It reminds me of the camera view of a colonoscopy