Curve, the fintech that brings your cards into one smart card and an even smarter app, introduces today its stunning suite of Autopilot features that help customers take more control over their money management.
This comes ahead of the next stage on the UK’s roadmap for the easing of lockdown on May 17th, when most social contact rules will be lifted and further afield to June 21st, when full physical restrictions are lifted.
Anti-Embarrassment Mode
Curve’s Autopilot features include the wonderfully named Anti-Embarrassment Mode. Here customers can decide which debit or credit cards serve as a backup, just in case their default card declines a transaction at the point of sale. At the queue at the local pub buying a round of drinks, getting a haircut, or shopping at a physical store after months of absence, customers can preserve their dignity with Curve automatically switching cards at the point of sale, if their default card doesn’t have enough funds.
Curve Cash Auto Spend
Using the Autopilot feature Curve Cash Auto Spend, customers can change their settings and automatically spend the cashback they already earn with Curve. Curve will take money straight from a Curve Cash balance when there are enough funds to cover the transaction.
Consumers can use the Curve card or app and take advantage of 1% cashback when they spend at top retailers and restaurants including Zara, Selfridges, H&M, Honest Burgers, Pret, Leon and Wahaca. Curve Metal customers can receive cashback from up to six merchants of their choice. All Curve Cash appears in a virtual Curve Card on the app, along with any promos and money sent from other people.
Curve’s Chief Operating Officer, Nathalie Oestmann said: “After a year of lockdown restrictions, consumer experiences and expectations have shifted hugely. They want their online experiences to be easy and delightful, and that’s the way it should be. At Curve, we’re laser-focussed on 24/7 innovation, and our Autopilot features give customers control at their fingertips, as they and much of the UK look to more fulfilling social interactions over the next few months.”
Anti-Embarrassment Mode and Curve Cash Auto Spend are available to customers in each of the 31 countries in which Curve operates.
Coming soon
Curve is currently trialling a highly-anticipated Autopilot feature that will allow customers to designate a specific bank card to a recurring payment or direct debit, and also select a payment rule according to an individual merchant. From monthly household bills like Netflix, to the weekly food shop at Tesco, consumers can take control of their spending, without the need to think ahead.