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post Feb 10 2010, 12:09 AM

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QUOTE(alexwsk @ Feb 9 2010, 11:15 PM)
not very useful
i'm a bit skeptical about this
and they need to change name to chartis??? rolleyes.gif
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Not very useful but to put in a full page ad in the papers + use the Mastercard brand - I don't think it'll be that bad. Purchase protection has been around for years but this is the first time it is advertised as a feature on its own in Malaysia. Perhaps Mastercard Malaysia is trying to promote usage for its cards.
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post Feb 14 2010, 10:24 AM

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To all the Chinese folks celebrating the Chinese New Year ...

Happy New Year and have a prosperous year ahead!
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post Feb 14 2010, 08:18 PM

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QUOTE(wufei @ Feb 14 2010, 06:11 PM)
this is a good sign...

I would says Direct Access / CIMB is the only card that call to check for suspicious transactions...

I am really happy if the banks called to confirm my transaction.
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It is ideal but really it's quite impossible for banks to confirm all of their customers transactions. Some banks invested on a fraud detection system which detects anomalies in your buying patterns. Any anomalies would need to be verified with the customer.

These patterns are built over time as the system analyses the customer historical spending. Otherwise the bank simply calls the customer who for example spends a certain RMxxx amount for verification or online transactions.
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post Feb 15 2010, 08:12 AM

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QUOTE(cyc85 @ Feb 15 2010, 02:12 AM)
which citibank card can use for Dell 0% installment plan?
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All can use.
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post Feb 15 2010, 09:59 AM

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QUOTE(deeplyheartbroken @ Feb 15 2010, 08:50 AM)
Asked for such upgrade before at the card centre. The officer told me, there is no such thing as attaching other banks' card to upgrade your current card. The only other way is attaching your 2 months pay slips (or you have to spend significantly & constantly to get their notice, or so I believe). Was so disappointed with tiger bank on this. Planning to cancel the card when my EPP finished.
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Actually if I am not mistaken, it would be the same case if you went to other banks as well. (Not just 'tiger' bank)
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post Feb 16 2010, 06:24 PM

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QUOTE(weirdguy @ Feb 16 2010, 06:11 PM)
Does anyone transfer their purchase to Installment of their Standard Chartered credit card?

I look through their website, there is no 0% Installment available. And their Contact Page is missing/down.
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Actually got if you use their SCB Online banking system. You could convert your purchases which are above RM600 (If I'm not mistaken) to EPP. Do note that this move will incur you a 7.99% fee.

Before anyone flame me ... this is EPP and I'm not talking about 0% interest EZ payment.
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post Feb 18 2010, 02:24 PM

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QUOTE(steventan85 @ Feb 18 2010, 01:22 PM)
currently there is a lot of HSBC scam where their sales agent cheated the customer about the Rm50 rebate. i will report to bank negara and call their card center to cancel it
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What's the story ? Please don't grumble in here without putting up a proper story. Do practice responsible reporting.
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post Feb 18 2010, 11:12 PM

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QUOTE(eddievh @ Feb 18 2010, 10:34 PM)
Sifu,how credit card interest are calculated? Ok,my case,statement is every 5th, 5nov09 statement Rm0 outstanding Rm0 usage,then 5dec09 state came ok la Rm0,around 10dec i swipe Rm2000 after taht no more using,5Jan2010 state came Rm2000 due must pay is 25jan2010 On 7jan is issue a chqRm1987 then no more using then 5feb2010 state came the statement stated BalanceRm13 + finance charge Rm22 ,

Really that high ka the finance charge or they calculate it wrongly? All this while i pay in full so i am not very familiar with the calculation. I wanted to complain but before i do that i need to ask sifu,if not kena balik very shy la.

thank you.
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Bro ... your info very messy, luckily I'm in a good mood to analyse it.

- 5th Dec cycle / 25th Dec payment due.
- You swipe RM2K on the 10th Dec and for no interest you should have paid in full on the 25th Dec
- You paid on the 7th Jan, means you incur 13-15 days of interest. Based on approx 1.5%, you attracted about RM15 in interest
- Don't forget, since you paid on the 7th Jan, there's a late penalty.

RM22 sounds kindof right. Plus your RM13 will continue to attract interest on a daily basis till you settle it.
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post Feb 19 2010, 09:01 AM

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QUOTE(ashkamz @ Feb 19 2010, 12:12 AM)
call their cs. ask them to calculate for you and request them to fax you the calculation. (this is the most annoying and want-to-avoid-at-all-cost thing for all cc cs).

You top up another rm13 first before you call.  Ask them if he/she dont want to do the calculation, just waive the charges for you.

Just a suggestion. But at least it works for me.  tongue.gif
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Please do not suggest bullying / threatening tactics. The folks here are not barbarians / uncivilized people ... just ask nicely and I'm sure the CS will help you with your request. For everyone's benefit, the interest rate are calculated via the bank's computer thus I don't doubt much about the possibility of err. Yes ... error may happen from time to time and the best way as to not to incur or dispute about the interest rate is to always pay on time and in full all the time.

Don't flame me but the senior folks here repeatedly warned about cc high interest charges and some folks have got burned by this mistake. Still ... many take it lightly but many make one hella noise when the bank imposed the interest charges and make demands on the interest charges.

I have already roughly calculated the interest in the previous post. It probably would not differ much than the one calculated via the computer.

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post Feb 19 2010, 11:08 AM

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QUOTE(cenkudu @ Feb 19 2010, 09:27 AM)
Bro Hye,

Correct me if I'm wrong, I think in this case he should pay in full before 25th January to avoid interest. 20 days interest free is from the statement date to the due date. If the transaction occur in 10 Dec, it will only appear in the next billing statement on 5th January. However if he choose not to pay in full by 25th January the interest will be calculated from the day the transaction occur which is from 10 Dec onwards.
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I could be mistaken as well so I actually written down all the timelines. What he said was his statement cycle was on the 5th and payment will be due on the 25th. It is actually up to 20 days interest free and not 20 days interest free. Means if you make a transaction on the 5th (and posted) and billing cycle on the 10th, you will need to pay for this when the date due. If it is not posted then you are safe coz it'll go to the next payment cycle.

- He started from 5th Nov (Statement) and due on the 25th Nov. (Payment due) RM0 outstanding
- 5th Dec (Statement), 10th Dec RM2K, 25th Dec (Payment due) RM2K due, RM0 payment done
- 5th Jan (Statement), 7th Jan payment RM1987 25th Jan (Payment due)
- 5th Feb (Statement), RM22 interest ... this came from Jan non payment for about 13-15 days + late payment charge

Anyone wish to correct me ?

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post Feb 21 2010, 04:05 PM

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QUOTE(talfred @ Feb 21 2010, 03:53 PM)
omg platinum card these days with less than 10k limit ?! :S
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If I get the cards with these limits, I'll straight away cancel them ! blink.gif It's rather ridiculous !
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post Feb 22 2010, 10:47 PM

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QUOTE(yflai1 @ Feb 22 2010, 07:52 PM)
Fellow forumers, require ur advice on this.

I had been using this Hopeless bank's CC for few years and had alwiz paid the full amount on time. In December 2009, I had used their Internet Banking service which had just been upgraded to make a full payment of RM2800 from my savings account to the cc account. However, the money was not deducted from my savings account but the payment had been made to the cc and displayed in the statement for that month. I had only found out about this 1 month later and earlier this month (February), they had reversed the payment from my CC.

Should I make an issue out of this and make a demand of explanation and some sort of 'comforting' compensation due to a lost of trust in the system from the bank while holding them to ransom with a report to Bank Negara?  innocent.gif
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Well ... I don't think you should be blamed for the bank's technical error but you should not take opportunity to claim payment if the money from your account never went anywhere. If you have proof (e.g transaction receipt), just submit it to BNM, state your case and let them do their job. If the bank were in error at least the bank should officially apologize to you.

I think you should walk out without being penalized from the bank's technical mistake and of course both parties (yourself and the bank) should reconcile your accounts. Once that's done ... it's your choice whether you want to continue doing your banking with this 'bank'.
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post Feb 25 2010, 05:09 PM

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QUOTE(Aurora Boreali @ Feb 25 2010, 03:30 PM)
I'm a fresh grad with a decent salary - a few thousands higher than the required annual income of the CC application. However, the first 3 cards I applied (2 from the same bank and 1 from a different bank) got rejected despite me submitting just what they required, that is 3 months salary slips.

So I got fed up with all the rejections. The 4th time, I submitted not only my 3 months salary slips (I highlighted the numbers indicating my salary), I also included my job offer letter that states my annual income (I freaking highlighted the numbers too), latest epf statement, and the god damned savings account statement from the same bank with my salary HIGHLIGHTED. I highlighted the important numbers in case they're really blind. Even purposely bought a highlighter for it coz I've never used nor kept any highlighter since form 3.

A few days later stupid bank called me to confirm that the bank statement is indeed mine. I answered their questions and got the card in the following week.
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The first card is always the hardest. Meeting the minimum requirements aside, I suspect some banks makes it 'harder' for those just meeting the basic requirements or having some worrying risk qualifiers.

Don't complain la ... I was there once and so did the senior card holders here. There were banks which practically I have no luck with and I had to stick to whomever wanted me. Slowly after building a good credit history ... that problem should go away. (Unless you mess it with late payments ... etc)
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post Mar 1 2010, 08:54 AM

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QUOTE(yquin1985 @ Mar 1 2010, 02:24 AM)
cant waive it??
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No they can't. Plus if they waive it they actually have to pay it on your behalf to the govt vs. annual fees which is the bank's internal costs. This has been discussed many times before.
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post Mar 1 2010, 02:54 PM

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QUOTE(cheez @ Mar 1 2010, 01:17 PM)
Is it true that your credit card must be at least ONE year before you can amend your credit limit (i.e. increase or decrease)?
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Yes ... it is generally card must be at least one year before a consideration is made by the bank to increase your CL.
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post Mar 8 2010, 09:51 AM

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QUOTE(shadow111 @ Mar 8 2010, 09:24 AM)
Currently, I am holding HSBC gold mastercard. With my basic salary around 5k a month, is it possible for me to get free upgrade to HSBC Premier?
Your feedback are mostly welcome. Thanks.
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HSBC Premier you need to have RM200K and open their Priority Banking account. You can't get it using your salary ... it needs money, lots of it.
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post Mar 8 2010, 10:17 AM

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QUOTE(shoduken @ Mar 8 2010, 09:56 AM)
guys I'm going to HK travel this coming wednesday, I heard we need to call our credit card center to inform them that we're going to use the credit card for oversea usage if not it will not be able to use oversea without informing them? is it true?
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It is a good practice to inform your bank prior to travel. Not that you can't use your card overseas without informing them but you definitely do not want your bank to flag your card as blocked to due sudden overseas transaction. You definitely want to be able to shop and more importantly be able to pay your meals and hotels bills when you are overseas - don't give the bank a reason to be suspicious of the transaction.
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post Mar 9 2010, 07:17 AM

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QUOTE(imax80 @ Mar 9 2010, 12:13 AM)
does anyone know how to get cash from Balance Transfer??

i.e got 2 card, card 1 bank A balance RM7K, card 2 bank B for balance transfer with limit RM12K.

bank B will pay to bank A..how actually we can get cash from there? anyone here experience kindly share?
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Balance Transfer .. bank will pay to the other bank and in the application form they will ask for the other cc statement. Please bro, no profiteering exist ... you indicative cc debt is big enough as it is. You'll have cash once your cc debt is zero.
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post Mar 9 2010, 10:03 AM

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QUOTE(imax80 @ Mar 9 2010, 09:24 AM)
just asking bro..i know no profit exist just want to know how they get cash from BT.
The bank will pay the other bank directly. They will use the CC numbers as the identifier to pay thus cc statement is a key document.
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post Mar 9 2010, 02:13 PM

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QUOTE(leongal @ Mar 9 2010, 01:59 PM)
want to ask - does islamic banks offer credit cards?
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Yes they do. The following banks has it ... I may miss out a couple.

- AMBank (Al-Taslif)
- Bank Islam
- HSBC Amanah (HSBC Islamic banking arm)
- Maybank

Do note that the islamic banks cc will have restrictions.

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