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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Readers reply: Why do Visa and Mastercard advertise to consumers?

MasterCard, Visa and Maestro bank cards lined up

Why do Visa, Mastercard and so on advertise to consumers? As far as I know, the way in which bank payments are processed is immaterial to the account holder. In any case, you can’t choose – you get whichever one your bank decides.
Tom Gretton, Exeter

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