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Um, this is how banking works in the UK. Nobody cancels their bank account if they lose their card, they just cancel their card. And given someone else's card I could send them 1p within a minute (even if it's cancelled). Now I've seen this approach, it's what I'll do next time. And it doesn't involve the poster's company in any way, transferring thousands of pounds instantly within the EU is trivial.

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Also in a lot of cases these days you don't even have to cancel the card.

If you're like "Oops, that's gone" and it fell into a waterfall or something then, sure, you cancel it and have a replacement sent, but say you just got back from the store and it isn't in your wallet. You call a modern bank. "Hi, I think I lost my card maybe?" Good chance they say - "OK, we'll freeze the card, call us if you find it or if you give up and we'll send a new one".

Both my accounts I just freeze it in the app, but yes, quite.

> Now I've seen this approach, it's what I'll do next time

I'd suggest calling or sending it to the bank instead. I'm sure they can find its owner with a lot less hassle than this.

Both of those options would take longer and be more effort, but I've only find someone else's cards 3 times in 40 years...

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