yes i heard this promotion before but it only valid a certain period and i not sure they still holding it now bcoz the last i heard was until 28th feb 2010. so u can try to walk in the branch and ask. sometimes the call centre might not know this so it is better to walk in any priority centre and ask more info abt it

no problem. if u need any hsbc staff, i can try to get the contact for ya

Standard Chartered Preferred Banking will be launch on soon, somewhere around 23 August to early september, the minimum requirement are RM 72k p.a. minimum salary or place a FD of 72k or combination of investment,FD and CA,SA with SCB MAlaysia then we will entitled with the Preferred Banking status. We will rewards with WORLD MASTERCARD as that shown our priviligle

CIMB Preferred doesn't interest me one bit. Compared to the major foreign players, the products offered are rather dull. Besides, they still charge you annual fee for their ATM card but not any of the foreign banks such as HSBC, Citibank and Standard Chartered. Even ATM replacement card is free too 
Standard Chartered Preferred Banking is a new packaged account. The Standard Chartered T&C for their Priority Banking is still the same. Below is the minimum deposits for each banking packages offered by Standard Chartered.
- SCB Preferred Banking > RM72,000
- SCB Priority Banking > RM250,000
You see ? The status has not dropped.

CIMB Bank Preferred Banking minimum deposit to qualify is RM150,000.

Not 16K la