On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 22:38, Jason Komar wrote: > On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 15:30, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 22:19, J. Greenlees wrote: > > > > > Visa Canada doesn't offer the debit card services here. might be > > > Canadian Banking laws stop them. > > > in the US Amex has a debit card, where you deposit money into special > > > Amex held account and use the card as a credit card, online only. ( it > > > functions as debit, but processes as credit card ) > > > > > > in canada, debit is only from the bank card not from a credit card company. > > > > I should clarify - VISA and Switch just provide card processing services > > to the banks. I say my card is a VISA card, but it's not an account run > > by VISA, just as your credit card isn't actually run by VISA. The > > account is held at a normal bank, who (I guess) pay VISA to provide the > > card for them. > > Adam, > > Which bank do you use. That card sounds like something I am interested > in checking out. > > Thanks,
Well, I'm in the UK, remember. It's a Smile bank account (www.smile.co.uk), they only operate in the UK (they're the internet branch of the Co-Operative Bank). Mine's a student account, so I get pretty good terms. -- adamw
