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Originally Posted by DamageX
It has nothing to do with the bank being offshore. Lots of banks offer VISA Electron cards, as well as Maestro cards (MasterCard's version), which both are only to be used for ONLINE transactions. Meaning you swipe it, it checks your account for available funds then says go or no go. With credit cards you can swipe them and even if the connection with the bank fails or you don't have funds in your account, you can technically still complete the purchase and receive the charges afterwards.
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That's not true either.. well, it's true except the 'online' thing. Regular Electrons can't be used online without a separate agreement with visa (in Finland atleast). Electron cards are just like debit cards, except you can use them abroad as well.. you just MUST have funds on your account.
