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Careful generalising the whole EU on stuff like this. These cards were very common in the UK until the new rules limiting fees were introduced.

It looks like there are still a few: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/cashback-cred...

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I live in the UK, and that's kinda what I mean - since that rule was brought in, such things are basically unheard of.

The most you can get these days seems to be Avios or Amex rewards points.

If you're looking for cashback cards, you may want to look around again on Money Saving Expert. They are definitely available and without a fee. They aren't huge percentages, but if you're only other choice is an airline card and you don't travel enough to make use of the miles, may as well get the cash.

Heck, when MBNA recently lost all it's airline business, the card they switched you to is actually quite decent. A bit of cashback and free Mastercard rate foreign transactions.

> If you're looking for cashback cards, you may want to look around again on Money Saving Expert.

I'm not really, but I did do this earlier. Looks like there are about half a dozen available in the UK, only two appeared to be fee-less, the best one being the ASDA Visa which gave 1%.

They seem to be a rarity these days.

Then it shouldn't "sound really weird", since you know the regulation is fairly recent, that cashback cards existed in the UK, and that America doesn't necessarily have the same regulation.

It sounds really weird to me because it's been quite some time since I've heard such cards advertised at all, I thought they had gone out at least a decade ago.

Some recent rules appear to have caused basically all rewards credit cards in the UK (other than American Express-issued Amex cards with a fee) to be withdrawn from the market - particularly those offering airline miles.

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