213:. When it launched in the UK, it had a waiting list of 50,000. Curve went live in the UK in January 2018. In December 2018, it had a US expansion planned. Support for American Express was reintroduced in late January 2019 on a top-up basis. When Amex blocked several thousand customers from using Curve's services that week, on February 1, 2019, it was reported that Curve was considering suing Amex, alleging anti-competitive action. In 2019, Curve launched a metal card. The card was made of 18 grammes of stainless steel, and came in three colours: Blue Steel, Rose Gold, and Curve Red Limited Edition. Only 5,000 Limited-Edition Curve Red cards were printed in a single run.
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