Received a debit card last night at the Android event, and was going to participate in this, but was disappointed to find out it’s not one of these 2nd gen cards. In case it is useful I tried lyft just now and registration worked fine with a 1st gen card including the active card check.
What’s the difference between 1st gen and 2nd gen cards apart from the aesthetic changes?
Message Thames Water over Twitter. I was able to get them to update over DM and now have “THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD” sitting in my regular payments tab.
Just been to CostCo instore after getting my card this morning and it didn’t work in the machine I Had to pay with my backup card . The cashier said it failed card validation and just beeped for it to be removed.
I was under the impression that Costco don’t accept MasterCard full stop I bank with metro bank and they issue a debit MasterCard and have to use my other bank Natwest, I think the reason is they don’t take credit cards except American Express (I think) so I think there tills see a debit MasterCard as a credit card therefore doesn’t work
Hmm my NatWest visa debit worked at CostCo and if their website says most major debit cards I’d assume that would include Visa and MasterCard debit cards. I’m asking my friends which cards they use to confirm.
This is probably because Mastercard debit cards are an extremely rare thing (I think they only account for about 1% of the debit cards in the UK). Visa debits are far, far more common, so people probably assume mastercard = credit card.
We welcome cash, cheques and debit cards (UK Maestro, Visa Debit), and all forms of American Express. We do not accept any other credit cards.
I wonder if their payment systems are so old they treat maestro as mastercard, or if they’d just blanket refuse them
Also, this section seems like it’s part of US card-shenanigans:
Cheques must be in the exact amount, issued on the member’s account, and pre-printed with the member’s name. Debit cards and American Express cards must be in the members name.
Yeah I was at Costco on Saturday and it didn’t recognise my 2nd Gen CA or my friends Prepaid card. The lady that served me said they only accept Visa Debit and AMEX.
Ok let me clarify O2. You can’t set up the direct debit on the website or through chat. You have to speak to customer services. They don’t recognise the sort code but will override their system to allow it. I will come back here and let you know if it worked at the start of September.