This week on Banking Without Borders, Jan and Jonny are asking when bank cards stopped being financial tools and started becoming status symbols. 

From metal cards and paid-for “premium” designs to the new Revolut Audi F1 card, this episode looks at why banks and fintechs are increasingly selling image, identity, and exclusivity — not just useful features.

• Why are people paying for debit cards that offer no meaningful financial benefit?
• When did banking become part utility, part luxury branding exercise?
• Are premium cards actually worth it, or are they just clever status products?
• And what does this say about the direction fintech is heading in?

A fun one, but also a genuinely interesting conversation about branding, consumer psychology, and the strange ways money and status now overlap.

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