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…Say, for example, you were to transfer £100 to your cousin in Droitwich, and the commission charge was 2%. In this case, you’re (un)lucky relative would receive only £98. The…

…the other top payment method, its competitor Visa, has continued unabated since the 1970s. Both are American based financial multinational companies, but from the UK viewpoint, it all began in…

…pay. A small commission is charged for many transactions, but at the time of writing, payments are free. The corporate history of the service is a complex one. There have…

…recently. It was originally launched in 1988 by a consortium of banks, including HSBC (then the Midland), Nat West and Royal Bank of Scotland. It was conceived as a competitor…

…to copy information from – magnetic strips could be easily read illicit card readers and the information stolen to make further fraudulent payments. Today, with the introduction of contactless payments,…

…was easier for inexperienced or poor budgeters to keep control of their spending. It was frequently issued to under 18s opening their first bank accounts as they could not go…

…the United Kingdom was begun at the turn of the century, with all the major banks in the UK now issuing Visa Debit branded cards instead. As a consequence, very…

…customers could not spend more than they could afford. The brand was slowly withdrawn, to be replaced with the standard conventional debit card, but with more stringent conditions attached. Both…

…supplied by online merchants. The service was operated by Citadel Commerce, a Canadian based financial services company, headquartered in Vancouver. The company was and still is registered and licenced to…

…withdraw the service, and the UK Payments Council (a banking umbrella body) even announced in 2009 that cheques would no longer be accepted after 2018. A media and consumer storm…

…the simplicity, speed and low cost of the transaction. It is also very convenient and relatively secure, as all payments made online to reputable traders are protected from interception by…