Various checking cards and credit cards look damaged: in truth, the notity has a significant function.
Frankfurt/Berlin- In times of cashless paying with the smartphone, giro and credit cards are becoming more and more a marginal phenomenon when paying at supermarket coffers or in retail. Quite apart from paying with cash, which has been used less and less for years.
However, if you have a checking card or credit card in your wallet, you may have already asked yourself whether it is damaged. A notch on the side of the card makes many bank customers doubt whether something is broken. But behind it is an important function, no damage.
Recrotation in a credit card – what is behind it
The notches in the cards are a help for people who are visually impaired. In this way, the giro or credit card for people with visual impairment in the portmonnaie can be felt more easily from the ID card or driver’s license.
The card notch is always on the same side: on the right – not without reason. Consumers record the respective card when introducing the ATMs on this page.
Some providers, such as MasterCard, also differentiate with this system. One round notch stands for a debit card, a square notch stands for a credit card and a triangular notch stands for a prepaid card. In the meantime, the British charity organization “Royal National Institute of Blind People” and the American non-profit organization “Visions Center on Blindness” have confirmed the process as well. However, the Mastercard categorization is not transferable to other providers.
Care in Giro and Credit Cards improves accessibility
For example, Visa cards have other meanings for other notches. A different format, on the other hand, plays a role in the ING: the cards are upright. Nevertheless, the notch was introduced in April. In a message it says: “With a new notch on the short side of the cards, the InG Germany takes another step towards accessibility. The tangible notch makes it easier to introduce the cards of ATMs and terminals, especially blind and visually impaired people.”
Further consumer information about banks, current cards & Co.
Banks sometimes charge current account fees for processes that are not allowed. Many judgments confirm this. In addition, many fraud stitches are circulating around banks: a customer, for example, lost all of his retirement provision. But there are also constructive news from this area: you can save up to 50 euros every month if you change the checking account smartly.
Due to a wide variety of regulations, people with visual impairment should find out early which notch stands for which card. However, the notch is not only intended for visually impaired people: everyone and everyone can have them. (tu)