Most probably something happened to your debit card's chip. Visit your Maybank home branch to seek their assistance. I'm sure they will be willing to help you. Though from my last frustrating experience with MBB, you should be careful when handling with their bank officers. Never give in to any special fee they 'charged' you unless you confirmed from other sources. Show to MBB we aren't any naive customers!

No. They don't.

hey guys, any of you know if Maybank visa debit can be used for genting room booking? I heard some said that recently maybank visa debit allows online transaction, just want to check if any of you tried for genting... cheers

Yes, I tried it already. Work smoothly and there's no extra charge by either party, yet.

cool bro... however, how much balance do i need to have, in order for the transaction to get through? I've read that petrol stations holds up to RM250, upon successful transactions... how bout hotels like genting?

For the case of Genting such as First World Hotel, Resort Hotel and Theme Park Hotel, only exact amount will be charged. The minimum balance to maintain for Kawanku Savings Account is RM1. Let say the room at First World Hotel is RM200 for two nights, you need to have at least RM201 in your savings account to let the payment to go through. So basically, you just need to check what kind of Maybank account you are holding and what is the minimum balance to maintain your account.

However, it works a bit differently for other hotel booking. First World Hotel at Genting doesn't need extra deposit from us when checking in but most other hotels require us to put a few hundred Ringgit more.

For debit card, let's say you are just making a reservation. Will they need to charge the full amount to the hotel?

We can do that easily using credit card. what about debit card? will it has the same function?

Thanks bro for the enlightenment. Mine is just a normal savings account, however, no big issue, as it's the same since there will be no holding of funds from my account =)


Yup, full amount will be charged, the difference between debit card, and credit card is that debit card deducts the $ directly from your savings/current account, while credit card requires you to pay up all the swipes you have made at a particular day, depending on various banks. Debit, and credit, says all....

As far as i know, an amount of money will be put on hold for a period of time. Probably until you check-out or the reservation lapses.

hey..any 1 here tried using debit card to pay for online visa application...? i'm not sure hw much i'll be charged (as it is in aussie dollars) and i'm nt sure whether they would accept debit card or not..I'm using maybank debit

This post has been edited by highwind85: Jan 13 2010, 01:46 PM

I'm planning to apply a debit card soon but I don't know the differences between,

Maybankard MasterCard Platinum Debit

and

Maybankard Visa Debit

The Platinum debit requires Premier Account while the Visa requires any savings/current account.

I've tried the "Find the right account" that the website provided and I ticked College/Uni students and Online accounts and it leads me to Maybank2u.Premier.

I realized that it's a current account but I think I don't need a current account since I am just a student.

So if I just open a saving account then I can apply the Visa Debit while the current account can get me a Platinum Debit.

I'm still a University student so which one would suit me the most?

This post has been edited by Corrupted Spirits: Jan 13 2010, 07:14 PM

The MBB visa debit will do for uni student like you. I don't think you need any current account unless you run your own business/trading etc.

I am prefer visa debit for students.

A Kawanku Savings Account with Maybank Cherry VISA debit card will suit you just fine. You need RM250 to open the account and only RM1 minimum balance to maintain the account.

Its possible to use for genting? the last time i call only Credit Card can be use.??

Yes. People have been successfully paying for a room via genting.com.my using either their Public Bank Day2Day VISA or Maybank Cherry VISA.

fyi the diff is the colour of the card..even the apple picture is the same..

and also for the master platinum u need to have at least 5k in ur account at any time... hope this answer ur question

p/s i wanted to apply and thats wat the maybank offficer told me

with platinum, will you get airport lounge access?

I have stock account(premier), can I use that?

That is the Premier 1 Current Account. Premier2u Current Account requires you to maintain only RM1k at all time to avoid any fee.


No. Because it's just a debit card. They add the word Platinum to it just so that it sounds more glamorous.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Jan 14 2010, 11:39 PM

more information can refer to MBB wensite
MBB current accounts