Some cities don’t allow you to have boards etc and like it to remain as simple as possible.
Leamington Spa was the same, not sure if that’s changed now.
Pretty sure Walsall isn’t one of them.
Leamington is still the same 
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Hard to read but looks modern 
A recent app update fixed the issue where it kicked you back to the home screen after making a payment, now it stays on the payment page. One of those small UX things that gets really annoying when you have to keep re-navigating back there 
Seems like Nationwide are now promising to keep their branches open until atleast 2028
My current setup is Monzo for pay, spending, direct debits etc, and Nationwide for most savings, ISAs, and Moneybox for a LISA
Would rather have Monzo for mostly everything but keep my savings in a bank where I can go in and speak to them, if available. And I see the card reader requirement as a feature and not an annoyance to be honest
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The slogan isn’t good, but I like the logo
Is it just me or is it looking for the card reader for all transactions for everyone today?
I made a small transfer to Starling this morning with no card reader required.
Wouldn’t do even a tenner to Starling for me without the card reader, but that’s this afternoon.
I do hope they’re not going down the route of using the phones camera to verify you, like the NatWest process.
It stopped me using NatWest as it failed more times than it worked.
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Personally never had an issue with it for Royal Bank. Always works well and normally quickly.
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Every time I’ve used it so far it’s just used my phone’s normal biometrics. I’ve not tried transferring any enormous sums so far though.
Same here until the other day when it wouldn’t transfer even a tenner without the card machine (and who carries that around with them?).
More worryingly perhaps it said that using it with those payees would make It ‘less likely’ that it would be required again for them i.e. it might still be required for them again. These were payees that I’d used lots of times before and which were originally set up with the card machine.
Do the transaction references still not show in the app or internet banking? And are they on the actual statements?
I seem to remember they only show sort code and account number?
No references at all, and the worry that they might inflict a card reader on you on a whim. Difficult to trust it as an account.
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I know. Last time I used the reader was when I was setting up payees over a year back and out of the blue the other day it wanted it for all payments.
I just got an instant debit card notification through Apple Wallet. I can’t work out if that’s a new thing.