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Different axis aka not security. The security is much better. But it's slow and inconvenient.
by caskance 11y ago
Different axis aka not security. The security is much better. But it's slow and inconvenient.
- kuschku 11y agoHow is it inconvenient? It’s not like you get a new card every day. And it only delays the process by 2 days. At maximum.
- caskance 11y agoRare inconvenience may be more easily tolerated, but it is no less inconvenient. The fact that you can even say "well it's only 2 days delay" seems insane to me.
- Symbiote 11y agoI opened an account at Metro Bank (in London), in a branch. They verified my id, then printed a debit card — this took about 10 minutes — and let me set its initial PIN in the bank. I don't know if this is now normal in the UK. The previous time I opened an account in-branch was 2004, when the chip card arrived by post a few days later, with the PIN in a separate letter.
- kuschku 11y agoSimilar situation here in Germany – but some banks, as I mentioned, require you to verify online that you received the letters, if you enabled this security feature. In fact, I’ll go next friday to the bank to get a new debit card, as my existing one stopped working a few months ago.
- makomk 11y agoMetro Bank are a newcomer to the market who've focused heavily on streamlining their customer enrolment because of that. I don't think other banks offer this.