Debit Mastercard is a brand of

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s provided by Mastercard. They use the same systems as standard Mastercard credit cards but they do not use a

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to the customer, instead relying on funds that the customer has in their

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Algeria

Several banks offer Credit and Debit Mastercard in Algeria (Algeria Gulf Bank, Banque de Développement Local, Crédit Populaire Agricole).

Argentina

In 2011, Banco de Córdoba started offering Debit Mastercard to its clients, as a direct competitor to the Visa Débito card. However, this would not be a direct replacement of all Maestro cards in the Argentine market, since it will be analyzed with each bank.

Australia

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, the Debit Mastercard is the main competitor to the

Visa Debit Visa Debit is a major brand of debit card issued by Visa in many countries around the world. Numerous banks and financial institutions issue Visa Debit cards to their customers for access to their bank accounts. In many countries the Visa Debit ...

cards provided by

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The Debit Mastercard was first launched in Australia by

Westpac Westpac Banking Corporation, known simply as Westpac, is an Australian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered at Westpac Place in Sydney, New South Wales. Established in 1817 as the Bank of New South Wales, it ...

in 2006 as an alternative card for the bank's

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cardholders. The

Commonwealth Bank The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), or CommBank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Asia, the United States and the United Kingdom. It provides a variety of financial services including retail, busines ...

, ME Bank and

are notable for being the only banks in Australia to issue a Debit Mastercard to any account holder aged 16 years and older, whereas other institutions require cardholders to be age 18 or older. Notably,

Bendigo Bank Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is an Australian financial institution, operating primarily in retail banking. The company was formed by the merger of Bendigo Bank and Adelaide Bank in November 2007. Before the merger, Bendigo Bank delivered its pr ...

offers a debit MasterCard for students aged 12 years and over.

Baltic states

Swedbank Swedbank AB () is a Nordic-Baltic banking group based in Stockholm, Sweden, offering retail banking, asset management, financial, and other services. In 2019 Swedbank had 900,000 private and 130,000 corporate clients and a 60% market share of ...

has offered Debit Mastercard in

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

since 2011,

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

and

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

since 2012.

Nordea Nordea Bank Abp, commonly referred to as Nordea, is a European financial services group operating in northern Europe and based in Helsinki, Finland. The name is a blend of the words "Nordic" and "idea". The bank is the result of the successive m ...

has offered Debit Mastercard in

since 2016. SEB has offered Debit Mastercard and

for years equally in the Baltic states, but since March/April 2014 SEB decided to prefer Debit Mastercard as their main debit card, still somewhat offering also Visa Debit.

Canada

Debit Mastercard was launched in Canada in July 2016 with

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. Similar to most Canadian

cards, BMO's Debit Mastercard is co-branded with

Interac Interac is a Canadian interbank network that links financial institutions and other enterprises for the purpose of exchanging electronic financial transactions. Interac serves as the Canadian debit card system and the predominant funds tra ...

and operates solely over that network for point-of-sale transactions in Canada, but uses the Mastercard network for Internet and international transactions.

Germany

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Sto ...

Commerzbank Commerzbank AG () is a major German bank operating as a universal bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. In the 2019 financial year, the bank was the second largest in Germany by the total value of its balance sheet. Founded in 1870 in Hambur ...

Norisbank The Norisbank GmbH is a German bank with headquarters in Bonn. Since 2 November 2006, it has been a subsidiary of ''Deutsche Bank'' and since 27 July 2012 purely a direct bank. History The roots of Norisbank date back to the year 1954. Starting ...

Consors Finanz Consors Finanz is a German brand of the worldwide active major bank BNP Paribas. The focus of the business is the allocation of consumer loans, especially sales financing for retail and online trade as well as for car, caravan and motorbike deal ...

, MLP, netbank, KT Bank, O2 Banking,

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and

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offer the Debit Mastercard to their customers. In Germany, the Debit Mastercard is a competitor to the national

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Greece

As of March 2015, all four major Greek banks offer a contactless Debit Mastercard to their clients.

Eurobank Ergasias The Eurobank Group is a financial organisation that operates in Greece, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Serbia, Bulgaria and UK. As of December 2018, the Eurobank Group counts, in assets, 653 customer service locations in Greece and abroad, and 13,162 emp ...

is replacing its

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line of debit cards with a new Debit Mastercard. The

National Bank of Greece The National Bank of Greece (NBG; el, Εθνική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος) is a global banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Athens, Greece. 85% of the company's pretax preprovision profits are derived ...

(NBG) started replacing its Maestro debit card with a new Debit Mastercard in March 2015. NBG is the last one of the four major Greek banks to offer a Debit Mastercard to its customers, and like Eurobank it only offers this debit card. The other two major Greek banks offer Debit Mastercard cards as well, but not exclusively.

Piraeus Bank Piraeus Bank ( el, Τράπεζα Πειραιώς) is a Greek multinational financial services company with its headquarters in Athens, Greece. Piraeus Bank's shares have been listed on the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) since January 1918. In G ...

has added the option for a Mastercard Debit card alongside the

(formerly

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) card that it had been offering in the past as the exclusive option. Also

Alpha Bank Alpha Bank is the second largest Greek bank by total assets, and the largest by market capitalization of €2.13 billion (as of 4 December 2018). It has a subsidiary and branch in London, England and subsidiaries in Albania, Cyprus and Romania ...

offers Debit Mastercard and Debit Mastercard Contactless as one of three options for a debit card. It is not clear which debit card these two banks promote the most to customers that do not have a specific preference.

Hong Kong

As of January 2021,

HSBC HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tri ...

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, WeLab Bank Livi Bank & Mox Bank offer a contactless Debit Mastercard to their clients in virtual and/or physical

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Netherlands

bunq bank issues a Debit Mastercard to its premium customers. Additionally, ICS issues MasterCard and VISA debit cards including 180-day insurance, which is normally not available on debit cards in the Netherlands. Getsby is the first company to only issue tokenizable Virtual Debit Mastercard Cards in the Netherlands.

Philippines

Major banks like BDO, Metrobank,

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, RCBC, BPI and PNB issues Debit Mastercard. Debit Cards like Mastercard are also accepted in most

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s in the

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. It directly competes with

which is mostly issued by state-owned banks and

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the national interbank network

Romania

In Romania the Debit Mastercard is one of the two popular options of debit cards - the other one being Visa Debit.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the Debit Mastercard operates alongside Mastercard's established

debit card scheme, which previously were the only debit cards provided by Mastercard. However, almost all providers have switched to issuing Debit Mastercard instead, as the previous Maestro debit cards are not accepted as widely worldwide, unlike the Debit Mastercard which is accepted worldwide wherever Mastercard is accepted. Although, currently, the Maestro scheme still remains in place. The main issuers of Debit Mastercard are

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(incorporating Yorkshire Bank),

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, Metro Bank, Monzo Bank,

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Starling Bank Starling Bank () is a British digital challenger bank which provides current and business accounts. Starling Bank is a licensed and regulated bank, founded by former Allied Irish Banks COO, Anne Boden, in January 2014. Since its founding, it ...

, and

Thinkmoney Thinkmoney, stylised as thinkmoney, is a UK-based banking services provider that primarily offers current accounts for a fixed monthly fee with no overdraft or transaction charges. Thinkmoney's online system offers a budgeting service that see ...

First Direct First Direct (styled first direct) is a telephone and internet based retail bank division of HSBC Bank plc based in the United Kingdom. First Direct has headquarters in Leeds, England, and has 1.45 million customers. It was awarded Most T ...

began switching existing customers to Debit Mastercard from Visa in 2021.

NatWest Group NatWest Group plc is a British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The group operates a wide variety of banking brands offering personal and business banking, private banking, investment banking, insurance and ...

began switching existing customers to and providing new customers with a Debit Mastercard in 2022. The Debit Mastercard is a competitor to the