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Old Mar 15, 2022, 1:42 pm
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Originally Posted by seattle29
Different member of the fraud team now said that MasterCard 3DS cannot be activated for 6 working days on a new card, and as the card was just activated today, it will be next week until I can complete any more online transactions requiring further authentication. I was just about to put £6,000 through on flight bookings. Back to Amex. What a joke.
"No, you cannot use your card until 6 working days after activating" is practically satire.

It's not like they're encouraging people to spend early with some sort of bonus or anything.
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