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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:27am
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Deishu

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Now that Amazon are not taking Visa credit cards anymore, can anyone recommend a euro mastercard credit card with no fees if paid in full every month?

LosPardoslady

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:27pm

LosPardoslady

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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:27pm

Not sure if you can still use a Spanish issued credit card.  All the articles I have read only mentions UK issued visa credit cards.  You can still use visa debit but of course won't have any purchase protection. 

LosPardoslady

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:46pm

LosPardoslady

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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:46pm

Just been having a look at credit cards onine.  Wizink and BBVA aqua seem to be highly rated. 

nickinalmeria

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:44pm

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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:44pm

If you are Resident why not get a credit card from your Spanish bank? 

Deishu

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:21am

Deishu

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:21am

nickinalmeria wrote on Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:44pm:

If you are Resident why not get a credit card from your Spanish bank? 

I have a Spanish credit card but it's a Visa.

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Joan49

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:30am

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:30am

Deishu wrote on Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:27am:

Now that Amazon are not taking Visa credit cards anymore, can anyone recommend a euro mastercard credit card with no fees if paid in full every month?

I have the Amazon credit card and have a direct debto pay off each month. And you get rewards. 

IainR

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:58pm

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:58pm

N26 is a German online bank. No fees, no charges for ATM withdrawals. Free to set up account and get debit card. Accepted by Amazon. I have used it for 5 years without a problem.

juanida

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 3:09pm

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 3:09pm

Deishu wrote on Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:21am:

I have a Spanish credit card but it's a Visa.

Change it for a MasterCard or if you want to evade the yearly charge, get a Carrefour Pass card which is a MasterCard as well. 

em68

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 8:32pm

em68

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 8:32pm

If you still have a UK address, you can apply for a Starling bank account. It is basically a sterling bank account (online and app only)  with a mastercard debit card and also then allows you to have a euro account for all Spanish spending at an exchange rate which is better than most you can get elsewhere -certainly better than the one provided by your normal bank. And no-I’m not an employee of the bank!

I opened my account alongside my main Nationwide account some years ago as it is better for tracking my expenditure. But once they started offering a euro account with a transfer rate at 0.4% above interbank rate, I realised this was a winner for me. Only problem is than only Unicaja seem to offer commission free withdrawals here

Shay123

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 9:42am

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 9:42am

Perhaps vote with your feet and stop buying at Amazon. Bezos thinks he is more powerful than governments but you could get him out of space and back on the ground by shopping elsewhere?

I buy ebooks on Amazon with a debit card no problem. However, they are only one or two punds each! :)

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