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Understanding your account summary

Your account summary is in the right hand corner on page 1 of your credit card statement.

• Your 'Previous balance' is the closing balance from your last statement
• 'Payments and credits received' is the sum of any credits added to your account within the statement period. This includes payments you’ve made to your account and any refunds received
• 'New transactions & interest' is the sum of any new purchases, cash withdrawals, interest or balance transfers from other providers
• If you have a Direct Debit set up, the details of this will be shown under ‘Payment information’. The 'Direct Debit amount' will show the amount that’ll be collected on your payment due date

Understanding your fees and charges

The ‘Summary box’ on page 2 of your credit card statement contains information on any Fees, Charges or Default Charges you could be charged. This excludes interest.

Understanding your credit card transactions

‘Your credit card transactions’ on page 3 details all the transactions made on your card since your last statement. This includes payments and credits received as well as new purchases, transfers and interest.

The easiest way is to register for online B@nking.

You'll be able to:

• Switch to paperless statements
• View your statements
• View your balance, transactions and payment due date
• Make payments
• Set up, view or change a Direct Debit
• Request a new credit limit and get an instant decision
• Request to add additional cardholders
• Send us a secure message

Foreign currency or traveller's cheques bought at any UK bureau de change are treated at the cash advance rate, see your terms and conditions for details. We won’t charge you a cash advance fee for Sainsbury’s B@nk Travel Money.

Foreign currency and traveller’s cheques aren’t eligible for any Sainsbury’s B@nk Credit Card Nectar points or cashback

Yes. If you hold a Sainsbury’s Nectar Bonus Credit Card and you’ve reached the monthly £1,000 spending cap you’ll collect 2 points per £1 spent on Sainsbury’s shopping and fuel for the rest of the month. These points are in addition to what you may also collect if you swipe your Nectar card during the transaction.

Just get in touch with us and we’ll be able to link your Nectar card to your Sainsbury's B@nk Credit Card.

You’ll collect 2 Nectar points on each full £1 of each separate shopping or fuel transaction at Sainsbury’s when you use your Sainsbury’s B@nk Credit Card. Excludes Argos, Habitat, Sainsbury’s B@nk, Sainsbury’s Energy and any other Sainsbury’s service which will be treated as non-Sainsbury’s purchases.

For non-Sainsbury’s purchases, 1 Nectar point is collected on each full £5 of each separate transaction. Travel Money purchases are not eligible for points.

These points are in addition to what you may also collect if you swipe your Nectar card during the transaction.

If you have a Sainsbury's Nectar Credit Card then yes. With a Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card you’ll collect 2 points per £1 spent on Sainsbury’s shopping and fuel when you pay with the credit card. These points are in addition to what you may also collect if you swipe your Nectar card during the transaction.

There could be a number of reasons for this:

• Your Nectar card must be linked to your credit card
• You cannot earn Nectar points on balance transfers or cash withdrawals
• Not all cards are eligible for points

If you'd like to link your Nectar card to your Sainsbury's B@nk Nectar Credit Card just get in touch.

With a Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card you’ll collect 2 points per £1 spent on Sainsbury’s shopping & fuel when you pay with the credit card. If you are already collecting points, you will continue to do so at the same rate subject to expiry of any introductory bonus period during which you may be collecting more points. Points collected when you pay with your Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card are in addition to what you may also collect if you swipe your Nectar card during the transaction.

If you pay with your Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card you’ll collect 2 points per £1 spent on Sainsbury’s fuel. These points are in addition to what you may also collect if you swipe your Nectar card during the transaction.

There’s no end date for collecting Nectar points on your Sainsbury’s shopping. All you have to do is pay with your Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card and you’ll collect 2 points per £1 spent on Sainsbury’s shopping. These points are in addition to what you may also collect if you swipe your Nectar card during the transaction.

Points will be added to the Nectar card account you provided when you applied for your credit card. Nectar points may take up to six weeks to appear on your account.

There are limits to some of the other points offers and introductory offers on our credit cards. Call our credit card customer services on the number shown on the Get In Touch link opposite if you need any more information about these. With a Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card you’ll collect 2 points per £1 spent on Sainsbury’s shopping and fuel when you pay with the credit card. These points are in addition to what you may also collect if you swipe your Nectar card during the transaction.

1,000 Nectar points are worth £5.

As soon as you buy something using Chip & PIN, contactless will activate on your card.

Yes, the limit is £45. This isn’t set by us – it’s the current UK retailer’s limit. So it could change.

Yes, you can. As long as the place you’re buying from supports contactless, you can use it abroad, to the local currency’s equivalent value of £45.

Contactless payments can take up to four days to leave your account – the same as Chip and PIN payments.

Bear in mind that not all contactless card payments appear immediately on your online and mobile B@nking statements. If you can’t see a transaction, please wait a few days for it to be added to your statement.

No. Cash back isn’t available on contactless transactions. But if you wish to get cash back, you can still use your card’s Chip and PIN.

Contactless cards and devices have multiple layers of security to protect against fraud. And as they have the same protection as Chip & PIN payments, they’re safer than cash.

If someone makes several contactless payments in a row, they'll be asked to enter the card's PIN for security purposes. And contactless payments can only be made on single purchases up to the value of £45. To buy anything above that amount, the cardholder will be asked to make a Chip & PIN payment in the usual way.

If you’re registered for online B@nking then you can request a replacement credit card by:

1. Logging in to your credit card account. Not already registered? Register here
2. Select 'Account Details' for your credit card account
3. Then select 'Request replacement card' from the list of links on the right hand side of the screen or at the bottom of the page if you’re using a mobile phone.

You’ll receive your new card within 5 working days.

Please note: If you’ve updated your home address in the last 2 months you can only request a PIN reminder by phoning us.

If you believe your card has been lost or stolen you should contact us right away on 0800 456 1232 or 00 44 131 549 8040 if you are abroad. Lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Be aware that calls may be recorded for security purposes and monitored under our quality control procedures. Calls to 0800 numbers are free from a landline and from a mobile when calling from the UK.