Yes, this service only available for premier customers at HSBC..

true. so for those who think they may have needs to operate bank accounts in foreign countries, its useful to have hsbc premier. you can enjoy same privilege and standard worldwide.

Still waiting for the new cheque book arrived....wanna see how nice is it. haaha

just wait and see!

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Added on November 26, 2007, 9:05 pmaggronax, what colour is your cheque book?

This post has been edited by mrcloud9: Nov 26 2007, 09:05 PM

yahooo.... gonna to collect my new cheque book tomorrow

haa good2. then you can tell us nice or not! hehe

so.. anyone with with maybank private banking except mrcloud9?

anyone here with hong leong priority banking?

hm, i've been surveying on priority banking services for quite some time but decided to go with hsbc premier. they have a lot of privileges for premier customer, preferential rates (loans, currency ex), but of course currency ex you might be better off exchanging with the money changer out there in the market.

what appeal to me most with hsbc premier is their worldwide branches, of which they are willingly to help you to open account in anywhere in the world as long as they have branch there for free with no min balance. this is extremely useful if you are doing international business or probably thats why i dont have issue withdrawing money from paypal.

on top of that, hsbc can preapprove issuing you local credit card, of which you can get HKD (HK) credit card (no annual fee!) or US credit card, which allows you to purchase almost anything online. MY credit card is known to being blacklisted in some countries / major merchant. with that said, you save your currency loss if you are on the move all the time.

also, they have got this free wire transfer among HSBC accounts that allows you to move your money anytime, it took as lil as 5 mins for a wire transfer (TT) to move from any of my accounts, however, that's purely based on my experience despite they have claimed 12 - 48 hours. so basically if you need money urgently, you dont need western union

with home loan, i've checked that we could get BLR - 1.9%, thus far i've not gotten any offer better than that.

i doubt citigold / stanchart / any local regional priority banking supply you with all these global network

Opening a premier acc in hsbc & u get a free mastercard world card?

now that is very interesting. but except the DH branch, their premier center does not have a special private room etc. It is like u talk ur million-million transaction openly. I dont like to expose myself openly.

Regarding the cheque "premier", priority word. I prefer the ones look almost the same as normal one. I dont feel like telling people "hey I am a priority customer".

well, apparently i'm looking on how i can go global with hsbc, but if you dont like the cheque premier, you can always issue check with another bank while harnessing the privildege that hsbc.

i'm not exactly sure if the hsbc premier card would considered as a world card but if its not branded as platinum, then it should be a world card. however, to me, it's just a card.

uptown has private room, which is where i do my banking with. i've been to HK premier center and frankly, it was massive! tons of ang mohs..

couldnt agree more. hsbc premier ranks among my priority banking favourites too. i especially like the internet banking where you can monitor your bank accounts abroad through your local login. this is extremely convenient. so, just by login into the premier internet banking i can also view my hsbc uk and australia bank balances. the talk about other hsbc premier centre not having private room isnt exactly true. of course the one in damansara heights is impressive as it has been recently remodelled for 4 million ringgit as part of their worldwide premier rebranding exercise. ive been to the main office in kl and they too have private rooms for you to discuss your banking transactions with your RM.

im not sure about the HK premier mastercard. i know they offered me a malaysian premier mastercard which is world mastercard. thats even higher than mastercard platinum. the card is purple in colour. i like the old premier mastercard better because it has the shiny gold dust effect on it. looks very exclusive.

regarding the hsbc premier chequebook with the writing PREMIER on it, i think you can always request for a normal chequebook and they will be more than happy to arrange for you. i know it is possible because ive done this with other banks since their PRIORITY word printed on the chequebook is too big and im concerned it maybe misunderstood as an act to impress others. so, i politely declined and requested for a normal chequebook and theyre more than willing to arrange. they said im very funny because they say there are other customers who are non-priority banking who want to have the priority chequebook but im the other way round!

of course it is handy to have the priority chequebook in hand, at least certain establishments of which you dont have very long rapport are more willing to accept your cheque but most often i find it attracts wrong attention especially one which is issued by a leading local bank. the priority writing is very big on the cheques and most people would end up saying im rich or wealthy because of whats stated on the cheques.

Jealously is something that u dont wanna deal when u are rich. And a true rich guy will normally hide their true wealth & start being normal/typical person.

Those brag, talking loud mostly do not have what reflect themselves. (esp, MLMer or insurance agent, for ex. mod a BMW 530i with a M5 body kit.)

This post has been edited by billytong: Dec 20 2007, 09:31 AM

couldnt agree more!

im using maybank. didn't give me the feel of "priority" at their small branch. maybe too many ppl got priority banking... sometimes priority counter slower then normal 1...

you're maybank priority customer or maybank private banking customer?

Can they help me open bank account is US as well? I have citigold I think they don't provide that service.

This post has been edited by fyseng: Dec 21 2007, 09:01 AM

yes they do.

yup, they can help.

Ohh this hsbc premier sounds good since it offers overseas banking as well! but how much we do need to put in for priority banking in hsbc?