The ‘metal’ logo actually means something tho:
There was never a chance that Natwest Group were going to issue cards with a different scheme (other than during transitional periods like we’ve just come out of) just for one oddball (former) branch.
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Thanks for sharing that info
Some time within the last week or so Natwest Group removed Child’s website and no longer list it under their Brands - contrary to the RBS insistence that only the branch would go and not the brand itself. Drummonds is still there at least.
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https://www.natwestgroup.com/heritage/companies/child-and-co.html
This page still notes it as a brand though, maybe they’ve no intention of keeping it alive past the customers it currently has?
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Does anyone know if your able to setup a SEPA direct debit on a select account and if there is any charges for doing so?
I know it’s only a minor thing, but I much prefer the gradient they use with the Visa card.
Go one level up on the navigation. Every other brand they’ve ever consumed directly or indirectly (and there are dozens if not hundreds) is listed.
Companies | NatWest Group Heritage Hub
The copy on the Child’s page itself hasn’t changed other than to remove reference to the branch being open, and what they say about the brand remaining is of course true.
Think it’s safe to confirm that page’s existence alone means very little about the brand’s future.
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Cheque book has also changed. Doesn’t say ‘Premium Account’ any more and has a more prominent watermark. Will take a picture when I can dig out the one for my other account.
Still has the Fleet Street address tho, amusingly.
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Noticed in Apple Pay today that the visa just says child & co but the MasterCard says rbs child & co
Whoops, accidentally damaged my Visa debit card. Now how did I manage that‽ 
Just hope they don’t send you another visa lol
Don’t! If they do, I’ll blame you!
So it’s a MasterCard. In app, it shows as a beach hut… for those who received one, does it also show as a beach hut in the RBS app?
Yes, in the RBS app. It’s just a generic representation of the standard RBS card - the Apple Wallet image and the actual card are the Child & Co versions.
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How long did it take you to have the invalid card message disappear? My card was issued yesterday and I’m getting that error today. Will wait till tomorrow before trying again. Although with Bank Hol might take until Tuesday if overnight batch processes don’t run weekends/Bank Hols
Was overnight for me
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I realised when I was taking pictures that despite removing the ‘Premium Account’ wording (which although superfluous was fairly harmless) the ‘your attention is drawn…’ message on the cover remains despite that page being removed entirely - as is the ‘transaction record’ - you can see in the image the very first page is now a cheque.
Also the word ‘Date’ on the cheques has changed font. Despite all that the branch address remains the old one!
The change was perhaps prompted by the ‘wording’ referencing Visa lots of times, rather than the changes to the branch.
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must of changed awhile ago as my one for my old account is the same as the bottom one
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Managed to add it now!
Looks like project “Go to Drummonds and Beg Them for a Drummonds Card” is go tomorrow. If they don’t drive me out the front door or tell me I need an appointment, what are high street banks likely to ask for these days? One proof of ID and one proof of address? Will a Child & Co statement do for the latter? 