Reply To: Curve changes from November 10th

[JDB]

@Jill Kinkell – as a (pretend) debit card Curve can’t properly cope with pre-authorisations and that is the same with any debit card. There is simply no way for Curve to put a ‘block’ or ‘hold’ on a sum of money and then take the actual amount days later. They either take the money or they don’t.

That’s why most car hire companies insist on a credit card rather than a debit card for the excess hold.

The only way round is to put the pre-authorisation on a credit card and then use Curve for the actual payment.