From: "Alex" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Account with a Debit Card?
Date: 9 Jul 2006 17:05:37 GMT

At 13:28:24 on 09/07/2006, Tom Cumming delighted uk.finance by
announcing:

> On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:06:07 +0100, Damot wrote:
> 
> > Natwest "Step" account with a SOLO debit card. No cheque book with
> > a/c but you've get a card.
> 
> Is there any particular advantage of Solo over Electron? I thought
> they were essentially the same thing, ie a debit card that requires
> online authorisation, doesn't let you go overdrawn and doesn't have
> cheque guarantee.

The 'point' is that Solo, IIRC, is a brand of Switch/Maestro (and hence
Mastercard) whereas Electron is a brand of VISA and the little brother
of Delta and VISA Debit.