Prepaid card for overseas visitors (obtainable in the UK)

[onetwothreefour]

Does such a thing exist? The visitors are not UK resident so that rules out everything I've found so far. They could get something in their home country, but a bit late for that...

All we need is a card that can be used for contactless payments - can be prepaid (don't need S75 or even FSCS).

Any ideas?

[Ironduke12]

Would this work?

https://www.mastercard.co.uk/en-gb/personal/find-a...

[Ironduke12]

Sorry that might be not much use as you still have to go to a card issuer. Seems crazy as it noting more than a gift card but guess there must be some traceability if Mastercard a responsible for the transaction.

Do you know these visitors or can trust them? Can you lend them a debit card of yours preloaded with their readies with a changed PIN and maybe turn off gambling and online use? Least you can keep tabs if it being used responsibly.

[mikey_b]

Would something like Revolut be an option? They could sign up to an account in their own country from here, and get (immediately) a virtual card which can be added into Apple/Google Pay for contactless payments via a smartphone.

[quinny100]

They're meant to be for kids, but a GoHenry card would do what you need.

You load money via an app and have a contactless card

[onetwothreefour]

Hi, thanks for the suggestions. Yes, they're trustworthy! GoHenry is a good shout but technically is only for under 18s (though I can't see how they can check).

https://help.starlingbank.com/personal/topics/conn... (which I found by searching for gohenry alternatives!) looks like the most plausible at the moment - no limits on who the card can go to.

It requires a Starling account, and costs £2/month but otherwise doesn't seem too bad (limited to having £200 available to spend at any time but that should be okay). I think there's a thread on here about Starling which I'll go and read now...