Is visa electron accepted in Edinburgh?

Question

Is Visa Electron and debit card accepted in shops, groceries, etc?

Answer 1

Although Cowry shells are now being phased out, we still prefer cash and in the next year or so will be introducing something called "Cheques". There is even talk of the Royal Bank of Scotland opening branches outside Scotland or maybe buying banks in other countries, Perhaps one day it might be one of the biggest banks in the world.

Seriously though, I have both and have never had any trouble with Electron (which my business account has on it) except, bizarrely at car tyres and exhaust outfit Kwik-Fit. If small shops don't like it then just go to one of our hundreds of cash machines, which all take them and withdraw cash to use.

Answer 2

Yes it is accepted, although some of the smaller little stores that sell stuff might not accept it, but most shops i go accept electron xxxxx

Answer 3

of course

Answer 4

It is in most of the big chain stores. Visa electron, however, is kinda a minority card here, so small places might not take it.

Answer 5

Visa debit cards are accepted everywhere in Edinburgh. However, I can't seem to recall any shops that accept Visa Electron. Visa Electron is not commonly accepted in the UK.

Answer 6

Yes, certainly in the big shops, you shouldn't have any problems.

Answer 7

yes, living in scotland does not mean living in the stone-age. :)

Answer 8

Yeah I can't why not

Answer 9

yeh

why wouldn't it be

Answer 10

You may have problems with this debit card. In the United Kingdom, the card is not as widely accepted as the sister Visa Debit card, but is often issued by banks as a debit card for children's accounts (although Barclays appears to have gone back on this, and started issuing full Visa Debit cards to customers under the age of 18). In some countries, like Australia, retailers are required to accept the card as part of VISA's Accept All Cards Policy, which also applies to the normal Visa Debit card, although the card isn't available locally.[citation needed]

In countries that have stricter criteria for issuing credit cards, Visa Electron has become popular with younger people and students alike. As each transaction requires funds to be checked, there is no chance of accounts going overdrawn. Therefore banks will issue a Visa Electron card to customers who may not qualify for another type of card.

As Visa Electron cards lack embossed details, they cannot be used with older card "imprinters" that transfer payment information to a paper slip.

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Answer 11

yes it is but not all stores do and the ones that do you have to use your pin number with your cardlike with chip and pin.