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Comment by yaseer | Hacker News Reader

Thanks for posting this.

I haven't yet got on the 'challenger bank bandwagon' mainly due to laziness.

This has made me a lot more hesitant to do so. Certainly not with revolut, who are now notorious for a broken growth-first mindset.

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I'll get on the bandwagon once these companies do something that puts money in my pocket. Orange back in the day used to offer a savings account with 4% interest. That's how you build market share.

All I hear from these upstarts is how easy their app is to use, and how frictionless my payments will be. These are utterly meaningless platitudes. Show me the money.

I've been using Transferwise for a while now, and at least on the face of it, they seem quite boring and sensible. They're the first non-bank that's been granted direct access to the UK's faster payments network.

Do TransferWise let you keep money with them and give you a card? I thought they were just a transfers company.

That used to be the case. They've recently launched their "Borderless Account" that comes with its own debit card: https://transferwise.com/gb/borderless/

(the card is an ugly neon green, but works fine in my experience)

The card just happens to the same color as my 3d printer wallet :) https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3218830

Yes, they do.

https://transferwise.com/gb/borderless/

Oh fantastic, thank you!

Last time I checked they don't support associating their borderless card to a Greek postal address.

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