No ... I haven't received such letter yet although I have kept the account @ zero balance. (However, my card is still new) Their CS and even the people @ SCB counter kept on telling me that the account and card goes hand-in-hand. Cancel either one and you'll lose both.
You can try and see whether the bank will actually close the account or not if you continue to ignore the letter. I personally felt that the bank could have miscalculated the fact that people will actually put money in the JustOne current account or not.
1. You can't deactivate the feature if you need to. Imagine having 100K in that account, you lose your card ... and realise it only 24 hours later. How much damage can a thief do to your bank balance?
2. Since the bank give you credit facility, do you actually need to bother about the debit facility ? No really ... coz better use the bank's money. More logical for the bank to fight on your behalf in the event of a transaction dispute.
3. Some PR damage could have occured from the beginning as the bank force the cheque book onto you. Personally, I tried to decline the cheque book but the bank said no way.
4. To be fair, had anyone kept money in that account ... the interest rates is attractive and there's even a point for every RM10 you save.
I felt that you don't have any real compelling incentive to maintain the JustOne current account.
My account is not that old, about 2 months only. I will try to call their CS tomorrow & see what is their response.
I kept in Saadiq saver acc, I think the interest is higher. Due to this I also have no reason to kept this account unless without this account, CC need to cancel too.