At Metro Bank we’re continuing to look at the best ways to simplify and streamline our products to ensure that we always provide the best service and value for our customers. Following a review, we’ve made the decision to withdraw our Personal Credit Card

All Metro Bank customers who hold a Personal Credit Card will be affected by this change, with all cardholder accounts being closed.

We’re telling you about this now, to give you time to make alternative arrangements for any payments that you need to make using your Credit Card after 19 July 2024.

If there’s no further activity on your account between now and 19 July, then you’ll have nothing to repay, and your account will be processed for closure. If you use your card between now and 19 July, then your ability to make further transactions on your card will stop on 10 September 2024. You’ll still be able to repay your balance as you currently do in line with our Personal Credit Card Terms and Conditions and once you’ve repaid your balance to £0, we’ll then close your account and write to you to confirm the details. You can find our Personal Credit Card Terms and Conditions here.

If you use your card between now and 19 July, we’ll retain the right to place a restriction on your account before 10 September 2024 and we’ll let you know if we’ve done this by contacting you by letter or email. 

We take a few things into consideration when making these decisions, including whether you have a zero or in-credit balance, haven’t used your card in an extended period, or if we consider it in your interest to do so as listed in Section 2 of our Personal Credit Cards Terms and Conditions.

Any outstanding balance after 10 September 2024 must still be repaid as you would do today, and you should avoid making any transactions that you feel you may be unable to repay.

During this period, we regret that we won’t be able to accept any requests to increase your credit card limit. If you wish to decrease the limit on your credit card, please contact us and we’ll process your request.

If you (or any of your additional account holders) make a card transaction before 19 July, then transactions can be made by all account holders up to 10 September 2024. We recommend that you let all additional account holders know that their card will no longer be authorised for transactions after this date and share this information with them. The primary account holder is still liable for repayment of any outstanding balance.

If you’ve lost your card or had it stoIen, you should cancel it immediately. You can do this through our Mobile App, Online Banking, in store or by calling us on 0345 0808 500*

Whether Cards and PINs are replaced or not will be subject to any restrictions we’ve placed on your account before 10 September 2024, and we’ll let you know if we’ve done this by contacting you by letter or email. 

From 26 July 2024 our in-store card replacement service will no longer be available, and any replacement cards/PINs will be sent to the account holder’s address.

After 10 September 2024 all requests for card replacements will be declined.

*Metro Bank won't charge you for your call however, you may be charged by your service provider.

Yes, our card dispute and chargeback services will remain available while your account is open. Please contact us on 0345 0808 500* if you have a query about, or wish to dispute, any of your card transactions.

*Metro Bank won't charge you for your call however, you may be charged by your service provider.

Yes, all authorised transactions between £100 and £30,000 will still be covered by this protection.
Please contact us if you need any further information.

Yes, if you receive a refund transaction into your account, we’ll process it in the usual way. If you have an outstanding balance, then the refund will reduce it. If your account is already at £0 balance then the refund will create an in-credit balance, and we’ll arrange for this to be returned to you when we close your account.

Yes, all repayment options will still be available. You’ll continue to receive your monthly statement and you can set up or amend Direct Debits and Payment Plans, as well as make one off payments, whenever you choose. Your statement will continue to show the minimum repayment amount required each month.

Yes, if you want to transfer your Metro Bank Credit Card balance to an alternative provider, please contact them to arrange the transfer and we’ll make the transfer when we receive their instruction.

No, as long as you continue to make repayments in line with the Personal Credit Card Terms and Conditions, there won’t be an impact to your Credit Score as a result of this change. Once your account is fully repaid, we’ll confirm the closure of your account and ensure that your credit file is updated to reflect the closure of the product.

Once your account balance is paid down to £0, we’ll make arrangements to close your account and confirm the closure in writing. If your account balance is £0 on 10 September 2024, we’ll write to you to confirm your account closure.

If you have a credit balance on your account on 19 July, we’ll make arrangements to transfer the balance to your Metro Bank Current Account. If you don’t have a Metro Bank Current Account, we’ll give you a cheque for the credit amount when we write to the confirm closure of your account.

This change is specific to the Metro Bank Personal Credit Card. Other Metro Bank products are not affected by this change.