The card design thread

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@Topsy2

Well it’s all about opinion isn’t it?

not really, the cards are now all the same colour aren’t they? the only distinction is the top right (useless for people who can’t read and have two accounts, or people with poor eyesight that either can’t be corrected by glasses (or don’t have any)) as to the card type

also worth mentioning that it loses all the charm of the old branding, which looked very trustworthy and professional (pewter grey branch in swindon was great)

@Topsy2

if one feels so strongly about a change one finds so utterly appalling, do the decent thing and toddle off to another bank whose branding one does like

only a twonk would decide to change banks over a branding change, much more important moral stances to take

@WillPS

there’s a lot of very entitled-feeling people who are very bitter about the ‘Fair Share’ promotion

i am salty about it too, imo you’re a member or you’re not. but i accept that we can’t change it / it is what it is

@Topsy2

not a bloody bank

they REALLY stress this, when you do one of their apprenticeship tracks

@arnie7

What I worry about is that they could get themselves into a Halifax or Co-op situation and find it forced upon them.

I don’t really think Nationwide participates in any lending that’s particularly scary balance sheet wise, seeing as the majority of their lending is going to be credit card / mortgages (second being secured)

@Topsy2

I’m surprised some old hack from the last century hasn’t moaned about how shops will no longer be able to get their ancient card rollers out for when the calamitous no WiFi scenario arises and the card machines stop working. Trust me, they’ll be some whingeing old sod out there who will be up in arms

this is a legitimate concern, for a year or two more yet. i suspect afterwards wifi people will probably start offering satellite services for areas uneconomical for connection to a fibre network (using the satellite for backhaul)

@WillPS

Good luck, like all retail banks HSBC UK want nothing to do with LISAs for fear of mis-selling repurcussions.

understandable, maybe I can get Premier with HSBC Mainland China and port the status over to Britain; although I’m assuming that the capital requirements are easier there

edit: it’s 500,000RMB (56k-ish in pounds) balance, aggregate across your accounts (or still 500,000 for HSBC premier family)