Don't think so. Only the promo with Saadiq is left. I don't think they will continue to have this promo after June 09 coz already rates are coming down and bank margins are getting thinner.

Standard Chartered e$aver account comes with a debit Mastercard.

No. It's NOT free. There will be an annual charge of RM8. This account doesn't come with a passbook. A monthly statement will be mailed to you every month but this service will stop once you subscribe to their online statement. They will automatically activate your online banking for you when opening the account and a debit Mastercard will be issued whether you want it or not.

Yes. And this is the case with Standard Chartered e$aver debit Mastercard. Because it also acts like your regular ATM card, RM8 will be charged upfront when the card is issued to you. Standard Chartered e$aver offers the best interest rate in Malaysia. It was 2.5% when it was launch in late 2007 but was recently reduced to 1.5% due to the economy downturn and also because the time deposit rate has been cut down quite significantly. Hopefully they will revise the rate back to 2.5% when things are getting better by the late of next year.

Actually, if you don't need the card you can indicate so when you open the account. Then you won't even be charged the RM 8. BTW .. for eSaver account if you have more RM 100K in that account, the interest rate is 2.8%.