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> I don't think Amazon UK ever stopped accepting VISA entirely. They threatened to, and then I think they blinked at the last minute. On the former, you are co
by traceroute66 5y ago
> I don't think Amazon UK ever stopped accepting VISA entirely. They threatened to, and then I think they blinked at the last minute.
On the former, you are correct, my bad wording. On the latter, I would suggest they probably reached a last-minute deal with VISA rather than blinking of their own accord.
> I'm not aware of any high street banks that offered it easily
Barclays and (IIRC) HSBC. Barclays still do[1], the only pre-requisite being you hold a GBP account with them too.
There's also Starling these days, of course.
Citibank was a great place to get one too, but then they introduced account minimums to keep the unwashed masses out.
[1] https://www.barclays.co.uk/current-accounts/euro-account/ https://www.barclays.co.uk/current-accounts/euro-account/
- zahllos 5y ago> I would suggest they probably reached a last-minute deal with VISA rather than blinking of their own accord. Yeah. I honestly wonder how that worked out. I suspect Amazon account for a not-insubstantial amount of payments so you have to wonder how that standoff was resolved. > Barclays and (IIRC) HSBC Interesting. Yes, most of the international accounts have some kind of minimum something, which is annoying. Euro and USD accounts are then possible. Other currencies they want you to hold a lot more money to get them. I can see why transferwise have a market.