Its something like touch and go

So far Public Bank allows the card to be used for Online Transaction and their yearly fees are pretty expensive. Only use this card if want to use it for online transaction. Otherwise I'll recommend you to opt for Maybank debit card (no fees at all)

Paypass is something like touch and go. You just wave your card , it charges to it automatically to your card

No , do check PB's site. There is this new paypass Mastercard debit card. Well it works with Online Transactions , just like their Visa Debit card. In fact both Visa and mastercard from public bank works fine for ebay , paypal verification , etc

For public bank debit cards , you can use it for online when you activate Verified by Visa/SecureCode by Mastercard. Otherwise it would never work

It works for everything , right from buying things , verifying your identity and testing out trial version of a product (i.e real player)

Its still Mastercard. You can use it for online , if you could 'charge' the card online - it means its accepted worldwide . Its mastercard , and its globally known

I am not sure about RHB. However I do know both PB Visa Debit/Mastercard debit works fine for Offline and Online and as well as International transactions


You can't. For that you need a credit card and not a debit card. Its different ,credit is you buy things on credit (whereby you're borrowing the money from bank in advance) whereas debit is the money you already have in your bank. Unless you're using maybank card which is linked to a current account and which has overdraft facility , then you can sort of like buy the laptop even if you don't have the money in the bank

Why do you need the visa card. Your TARC PBB debit card is just the same as their Visa. Its just that you don't have to pay any fees , and extra charges - which is great. Plus you get monthly statement for free. What else you want ?

This isn't a credit card , so you may apply as much as debit cards you like.

Well , an advantage over using Debit card instead of ATM card. You can use it anywhere where Visa/Mastercard is accepted. Downside is the yearly fees that you gotta pay which is more then what you pay for your ATM Card !


If its declined , that means you don't have sufficent balance enough. Check whats the price and do the currency conversion. Check in the sticky thread for PB International charges and how do they go about it !

Not sure about the fee waiver , i think yeah. If you spend up to a certain amount it would be waived or something like that

No you can't. If you want to apply for TARC/UTAR mastercard debit card , you must present your student ID and your student information (such as your registration number ,duration of course and so on)

Should be , check the age limit for it . If you could buy it over the counter i am sure that its possible

Some cards would do fine and others don't - such as Maybank , Public Bank as you have to be 18 years old or older

Will not work , forget it. Its clearly stated for electronic use only , meaning that conventional method of calling the bank for verification doesn't work. It has to be 'instant'. On top of that maybank debit card doesn't work if you dont have the card with you , you need to have the card (physically) present at the time of payment - without it it wouldn't work. This is why things like paypal , booking tickets @ airasia do not work

Why dont you just pay via bank transfer or something. They do have maybank2u right. Then use that , its much more easier that way

Nah , there is no such thing. In Malaysia , there is no such thing as one place which takes visa and the other do not.
So you're safe

Works online and offline just like a normal credit card

Are you sure that only Visa works with withdrawal ?

Edit : You gotta have Vista , and gotta use Visa. It just doesn't work with Mastercard

http://rhodilee.com/mastercards-cant-be-us...w-paypal-money/

Its funny because it says that you can use to withdraw money with visa and master but only works with Visa

This post has been edited by prasys: Mar 4 2009, 10:29 PM

I've heard that its possible as long you have a Visa card in PayPal

There are some cases whereby its possible withdraw money to mastercard , provided if you have Visa

TuneCard would be fine

The other one is additional fee. Credit cards/debit cards would be charged additional 2-5% or some additional fee. You'll have to take a look under International purchases. The first one is USD$1.95 to Ringgit Malaysia. The second one is processing fees , additional fees whenever you plan to use foreign stuff.

Some banks group it into one. Others like maybank split it