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by ldjb 1009 days ago
I'm also based in the UK and, in my experience, debit cards actually tend to be slightly more widely accepted than credit cards, even online.

But by and large, if a website accepts Visa or Mastercard, it doesn't tend to matter if it's a debit or credit card.

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> But by and large, if a website accepts Visa or Mastercard, it doesn't tend to matter if it's a debit or credit card.

One large exclusion here is for gambling sites. Gambling using credit card sourced money was banned in 2020: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/gambling-...