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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by Reason077 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:39PM (#21264157)
I'm curious about this. I've always banked with NatWest so I'm only really familiar with their cards, but my bank account number is definitely not printed on the card (the sort code is).

Do some other UK banks really print the account numbers on their cards? Or is there some way to send a Faster payment to a debit card number?

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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by marksomnian on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @09:01PM (#21265971)
I'm with Starling Bank, and along with the usual Mastercard numbers (card number, expiry, CVV etc.) it has the account number... though not the sort code, strangely. I guess you could look it up if you wanted to, but you'd need to know this 8-digit number with no label was the account number. Weird.
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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by tom_ on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:16PM (#21264547)
My personal Barclays debit card has sort code and account number. My RBS business debit card has sort code and company name only.
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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by deadbunny on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:23AM (#21268524)
I think Natwest is the outlier in this case. I've always had my account number and sort code on all my cards with other banks (Barclays, Lloyds, Halifax).

Edit: Maybe also Monzo, no account number on that one.

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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by Skye on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:33PM (#21264722)
In my case, I have two card from one bank has sort code and account number. I also have one card from a different bank has none of that.
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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by lavezzi on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @03:59PM (#21274821)
Pretty sure my Natwest debit card has my account number and sort code on it.
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Re:I just lost my wallet on the way home from work by bosie on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:45PM (#21264232)
Just checked my Halifax Visa Debit card... Contains my name, visa card number, sort code and bank account number.
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