@tinkerbel

if that the case, I will call them to ask about this. Do you RCB number to call or I just call my CC CS number? Look at PB website also could not find any information about this.

@GHz,
I told my mom about it (she does all my PBB banking for me) so muAHahAHhaHAh I left it to her.. I believe she spoke to the person at the counter and got a form to fill in.

do you get better housing loan rates if you are a private banking member?

None of the big commercial banks here in Malaysia offer private banking. Just the VIP banking such as HSBC Premier, Citibank Citigold and SCB Priority Banking. HSBC used to have a private bank here in Malaysia but pulled out a few years back.

erm.. that does not answer my question.

OCBC Premier Banking really sucks. The privelleges are poor and thier plat credit card does not get you good rewards.


I dont know what is premier about their service other than no need to queue at bank.

Yeah i know. Just to highlight that big commercial banks here in Malaysia do not offer private banking. Your question should be changed to "do do you get better housing loan rates if you are HSBC Premier or Citibank Citigold or Standard Chartered Priority or UOB Privilege or OCBC Premier customer" ?

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Added on March 15, 2009, 11:31 pmYou should definitely swith to HSBC Premier. Very professional and wide network.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Mar 15 2009, 11:31 PM

i thought maybank got private banking n public bank got priority banking??

cimb club does offer special rate for hire purchase and housing loan. Need to check it out with the RM.

Oh yeah, now that you mentioned it, i do remember seeing reserved parking outside MAYBANK Building in Kota Kinabalu specially for their "private banking" customers. I'm not sure if the Maybank "private banking" we have here is the equivalent of the HSBC Private Bank we had several years back but very likely it's not. I believe it's just like other big banks' VIP.

Public Bank's one is called "Red Carpet Banking". It doesn't offer much compared to other banks'.

ok checked on the website
but i'm not sure how to read it.

http://www.cimbbank.com.my/index.php?ch=ba...4&tpt=cimb_bank

does this mean we get -1.6% below the shelf rate?
sounds too good to be true.
BLR - 1.7 - 1.6 = 2.25 (BLR = 5.55),
or i'm reading it wrong?

Now SCB is revising the entry level for Priority Banking Customers to RM250k effective 1st April 2009.

Any news if other banks (Citibank & HSBC) will follow suit soon ?

@hye,
hMm.... SCB's revising it up, right? If I ain't mistaken it used to be RM200k?!

What to do, the value of $$$ drop lieu

@tgeoklin,
hMm... how come my RM200k didn't become RM250k then?!

well, its the value which drop, so you need to top up more .... if you had bought 200K worth of gold bar, then more than 250K now

@tgeoklin,
siGh..... unfortunate for me but I prefer diamonds; which honestly is a crap investment

yeah, tell me about it ...... price has since drop horrendously

@tgeoklin,
I haven't gotten my 1.5 carat stud so hehehehh let it drop more! Know any banks giving our diamonds when you join them as member?!