QUOTE(Mr.Docter @ Nov 28 2015, 08:19 PM)
Wah, reading through the comments in this thread. Kinda hard to get this card?
How can Maybank is the one whom offering this card to me?
Is it due to my ASB loan?
Actually only from LYN I hear this card is hard to apply, and for me it was very easy (also for my family member).
Unfortunately bank's approval processes are opaque so hard to say. Just apply is the easiest way. If they offer then even better, this is a good card for petrol/groceries.
QUOTE(Mr.Docter @ Nov 28 2015, 08:23 PM)
How much is the late payment charges?
And how much is the interest only?
Thanks for the advice!
Never ever take the late payment charges. Banks are legalized loan sharks. The rates are never worth it.
General case for Malaysian credit cards - AT LEAST 18% interest rate. On total amount outstanding, and applied daily (that means if you swipe after you're already late, they charge for that amount each day too). And backdated to your statement date if you've passed to 20 day period (meaning after 1 month, instead of paying for 10 days interest you're paying 30 days).
QUOTE(Mr.Docter @ Nov 28 2015, 08:23 PM)
I don't even have the chance to swipe around this card. Just my wife asking me the question and I don't know the answer lol.
Talking about convenience, practically speaking, what the different I swiping around my debit card compare to my credit card (putting aside credit card's benefits)? Because my debit card always have excess at the end of month.
Credit cards give better benefits. No debit card gives 5% cash back for petrol/groceries, for example. Here in these topics (this sub-forum) always got people discussing how to maximize that.
But those benefits are no use if you fork out the late payment charges. Bank sure untung then.
Also, time value of money. If I swipe debit card RM1000, I 'lose' the money instantly. But with credit card I get an average of 15+20 days (more than a month) of interest free period to pay it back. Earning interest on the money too.
So in the case of RM1k monthly spending, you 'push back' your payment by about a month every month, after a year you could have accumulated RM30-RM40 (FD interest rate) in interest compared to using debit card.