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SOLO

Solo is a debit card produced by Switch Card Services in the UK. One particular feature of the card is that all transactions require electronic authorisation from the issuing bank. Such authorisation will not be given if there are not sufficient funds in the cardholder's account, and the funds are earmarked, if not transferred, immediately. The card was launched on 1 July 1997 and in 2004 there were 7.2 million Solo cards in circulation in the UK. Its sister card is Maestro (debit card). Its main rival is the Visa Electron debit card, which can also be issued to under-18s. The main advantage of Visa Electron over Solo is that it has become widely accepted internationally. There are however some UK merchants who do not accept the Visa Electron card.