Switch was a debit card launched in the United Kingdom by three national banks: the Royal Bank of Scotland, National Westminster Bank and the Midland Bank. The card was initially launched as a cash card, performing the same function as a chequ but with greater ease. It also, unlike other cards of the time, supported swiping. The Switch network and debit card dominated the British financial landscape for several years until MasterCard bought the parent company. Today, most Switch cards have been slowly replaced by Maestro cards or, in the event that the bank switched from MasterCard to Visa, by Visa Debit cards.
Casino.com still accepts Switch as a viable payment method for players who are familiar with the Switch brand name. Furthermore, although MasterCard owns Switch Card Services Limited, the parent company that issued Switch cards, all Maestro transactions in the United Kingdom are handled by the parent company’s infrastructure itself. The brand name, therefore, is not totally dead and many online casino players still use Switch debit cards as a method of transacting when making a withdrawal or a deposit . The brand name is also used as a general term for debit cards in Britain and on some British e-commerce sites.