Hello,
Had my card account for three weeks and I love it.
However, today I tried to use my debit card at an ATM in a remote area but was refused because it wasn’t a LINK card.
Anyone know how often this may happen to me? Any chance of having a LINK card in the future
Thanks
Hey Tom,
Haven’t heard of any plans myself but I did see this posted here a while back which may be interesting,
https://community.monzo.com/t/declined-card-withdrawal-at-link-atm/16807/15?u=jackcrwhitney
The plan is certainly to stick with MasterCard network in the short term I believe. There’s no way to tell what may or may not change in future.
LINK is going the way of the dodo. I don’t see what they bring to the table that Mastercard doesn’t already have.
Maybe cash machine withdrawals on non-MasterCard compatible ATM’s?
Apparently they bring…
No plans for LINK specific cards, I’m afraid.
Most LINK ATMs are also connected to the Mastercard network, and so work fine. However, there’s still a few LINK ATMs knocking around that aren’t connected to Mastercard, and these ones won’t work with our cards.
These LINK-only ATMs seem fairly common at Co-Op stores. At some point (soon, I guess) the remaining LINK-only ATMs will get replaced - since the parent company, VocaLink is actually now owned by Mastercard!
Exactly my concern - even if we assume there are a lot of LINK-only ATMs now, I can’t see that being the case in the future. As an ATM operator, cutting yourself off Mastercard and only supporting a local scheme doesn’t make any sense.