Hi Jonathan, I don't get the difference between a debit card and a credit card with a zero credit limit? Also, I'm sure I've seen Australian banks (eg. Bendigo bank) offering Visa debit or credit cards for free or certainly no more than AUD$24 per year. (I'm certain the Bendigo Bank offering was a debit, not a credit card, but that was over a year ago.)
Why would someone want to pay hundreds of dollars for a Visa or Mastercard debit card? (Aside from the fifty US dollars offered for various other debit cards that have been advertised.) I understand the privacy issue, but you can still legally (and easily) open an Australian bank (or other financial institution) account (or any number of accounts) without providing your tax file number. (Of course you do have to have the usual "100 points" of identification documentation to open an account, but it is not too difficult, I think.) What essential difference in operation is there between a Visa credit card operating with a positive balance and a Visa debit card used the same way? At 02:55 PM 8/09/2002 +1000, Jonathan Regan wrote: >I think the majority of responses to my initial email >have missed the mark. I realise that credit cards can >be funded from all over the place - but what about >an international debit card solution that is branded >by one of the big three etc. --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
