The card is accepted at places that accept VISA.

Get a Maybank Cherry VISA debit card (Maybank) or Public Bank Day2Day VISA debit card (Public Bank).

Maybank VISA debit card can also be used to verify Paypal now.


ATM cash withdrawal - RM5K/day
debit purchases through the VISA platform - RM10K/day

People have experienced much less problem using debit card from Maybank and Public Bank. CIMB Bank debit MasterCard cannot be used for online transaction. You'll want to avoid this card if you might use your card online.

Have you tried it yourself ? It shouldn't be a problem. There is however, one airline that is blocking the use of debit card to pay for their ticket through their website but i don't remember which airline is that already but i am pretty sure it's not EVA Air.

By the way, who told you that you must use a credit card ? EVA Air staff ? Sometimes some people don't know much about debit card. My advice is that you give it a try

May i ask where are you going to fly to ? KL to Taipei ? If you are travelling in Economy Class, make sure you reserve a seat in the Evergreen Deluxe cabin. EVA Air is currently flying the Boeing 747-400Mixed Configuration to KL and this aircraft type has a big Evergeen Deluxe cabin and it is sold as Economy Class Evergreen Deluxe is a Premium Economy Class cabin and it comes with wider seat and features more legroom


CIMB e.MasterCard can be used online but not the new CIMB debit MasterCard that was just introduced late last year.


The RM0.50 penalty for excess withdrawal will be automatically waived if your balance is not less than RM5,000 when the excess withdrawal occurs

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Mar 5 2012, 03:55 PM

PBB ESSO VISA debit card has always been annual fee free.

No. There isn't.

You must be a RHB Bank Premier Banking customer to be eligible for this debit card.

You have to specifically ask for the no annual fee option. Go to your account holding branch and ask them to change it to the no annual fee option and you won't be charged RM8 again from next year onwards.


Yes. You still get 0.8% cash back for all petrol and grocery transactions.

The RM50 is only for credit card. Not sure about the free gift though.

1. Maybank doesn't offer VISA debit Electron
2. They only offer a regular ATM card, VISA debit card, MU VISA debit card and debit MasterCard
3. No. You can't sign up for a mobile phone plan with your debit card. You need a credit card for that. You may however, set up a standing instruction to debit your bill directly from your Maybank savings/current account every month.

Yes. It is true that the new CIMB debit MasterCard linked either to your savings or current account cannot be used online.

Just the usual 0.5% - 2.5% admin charge for all overseas transaction. Your current debit/credit card is charged the same thing too.


- Maybank Cherry VISA debit card
- Maybank Manchester United VISA debit card
- Public Bank Day2Day VISA debit card
- Public Bank ESSO Visa debit card

If you currently have a Maybank savings or current account but is using the yellow ATM card, you can just change your current yellow ATM card to the Maybank Cherry VISA debit card or Maybank Manchester United VISA debit card. There is a one-time charge of RM12 for the switch.

Alternatively, you can open a Public Bank savings account and they will issue you a Day2Day VISA debit card on the spot. Or you can apply for the Public Bank ESSO VISA debit card at any Public Bank branch and this PBB ESSO VISA debit card doesn't have annual fee and you have to wait 2-3 weeks before you get the card.

In the meantime, you may want to refer to THIS thread.

You probably have to wait a few days until the transaction is posted into your account.

MBB MY VISA debit card is definitely better. For instance, you get 1TP for every RM2 spent on the MBB MU VISA debit card whereas MBB Cherry VISA debit card gives you only 1TP for every RM3 charged to the card. Besides that, you may get 5TP on those days MU wins a match

Bro, this is a debit card thread.

Bro, moved your post to this debit card thread because it's all about debit card

Anyway, did they ask you why you wanted to open an account at their banks ? Or you have an Australia PR ? Do remind me when you posted a picture of your yet-to-arrive NAB VISA debit card into your blog. I hope you did tell the CS what color you'd like for your NAB VISA debit card because there is one pink one and it looks 'bleh'. I have seen the black and red ones and both are so nicely designed

Oh yeah, NAB is the only Australian bank that offers a truly fee free bank account with absolute no condition, as far as i am concerned. They used to charge some fees too but they changed this 2 or 3 years ago. Thought i needed to open an Aussie bank account then, so i did some comparisons. The rest of the big 3 Aussie banks all have minimum deposit or minimum balance to waive the account maintenance fee.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Jun 18 2012, 04:19 PM

Thanks. Might do the same too next time i go to Australia and will use my cousin's home address as my correspondence address

By the way, when you have opened a HSBC Premier account here in Malaysia and successfully set up your HSBC Australia Premier account, try to transfer your money from HSBC Malaysia to HSBC Australia through Global Transfer and see how's the exchange rate like. The limit for HSBC Premier Global Transfer is USD100,000/day.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Jun 20 2012, 02:31 PM

I was informed that you don't. And this HSBC Global Transfer is instant too. The only catch is that it must be done during banking hours (both countries). Otherwise your money will only be credited the next banking day.

Take Singapore for example. Let say you want to transfer your money from HSBC Malaysia to HSBC Singapore and need to money to be credited right away into your HSBC Singapore account, you have to make sure it is not a public holiday in either country and it is not yet passed the banking hours (say 9.30am - 4pm). 9.30am - 4pm is the banking hours for HSBC in Malaysia. Banking hours for HSBC Singapore is 9.30am - 3.30pm every weekdays, if my memory serves me correctly.

HSBC Premier has a preferential rate and you won't be able to see this in their online banking system. Rest assured that the final exchange rate will be a bit better than the rate quoted to you on their online banking system

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Jun 20 2012, 04:57 PM

RHB Cash Connect VISA debit card = issued by RHB Bank
RHB Cash-i VISA debit card = issued by RHB Islamic Bank

Basically, RHB Cash-i VISA debit card is linked to your Islamic Savings or Current Account at RHB Islamic Bank and it is a shariah compliant product. As it is a shariah compliant product, you may encounter some problems such as card being rejected by the system when you use it at some non-Halal places.