The award winning Tuxedo eccount and Prepaid card products offer businesses and consumers secure, innovative and flexible stored value solutions.

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Activating your Tuxedo eccount

All you need is proof of identity and your home address to activate your Tuxedo eccount and Prepaid MasterCard® or Maestro® Card. There are no credit checks and no awkward questions to answer.

Simply choose from one of the two following options:-

1. Confirm that you’re personally registered with at least two of the following:-

  • Home Landline Telephone Number
  • Electricity Supply Number
  • Full UK Driving Licence Number
  • That you’re registered on the Electoral Roll

2. A photocopy of the photo page of your passport

  • All nationalities are welcome. Some older style passports may require certification – Call Customer Care for an Activation form with details.

If you have purchased a pack in-store, please follow the Buy instructions and enter your purchase code when prompted. You will not be charged again.

Other options

If you’re unable to provide the information required, don’t worry, we may still be able to confirm your identity using other documents you may have, such as birth or marriage certificates, utility bills or benefits entitlement letters. Please call Customer Care on 0845 241 4276 for more details.

When you receive your Tuxedo eccount and Prepaid Card, through the post, you can retrieve your Card PIN by following the instructions in your Welcome Letter, then just Top-up and it’s ready to use.

Buy now get £5 free

Get £5 FREE when you make an initial load of £50 or more.

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Receive up to 15% Cashback when you shop online at over 1000 retailers.

* £5 Free offer valid when making an initial Top-up of £50 or more within 14 days of activation. Offer subject to change. The Tuxedo MasterCard Prepaid Card and the Tuxedo Maestro Prepaid Card are issued by Newcastle Building Society pursuant to licence by MasterCard International Incorporated or its Affiliates. Newcastle Building Society is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and is entered in the Financial Services Authority register (www.fsa.gov.uk/register/) under registration no. 156058. Cardsolutions@newcastle.co.uk