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A little wary ........

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EW GURU
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 18:53

After 2 yrs here I’ve decided I need a UAE credit card .....I bank with NBD and am very keen on the Infinity Skywards card (for point collecting obvious reasons).

So, I press the appropriate ‘apply for card’ buttons on the NBD web site to be told I’ll be contacted by an NBD rep in due course. Today I get a call from an apparent NBD rep requesting a meeting with me (I work in Abu Dhabi, but that was no problem for him), I need to give him copies of my passport, visa and salary cert (I’ll not have a salary cert by tmrw I told him!) but that’s no prob I can fill in and sign the forms then email him the salary cert once I have it ......then my credit card will be delivered to me at home in Dubai.

Now call me sceptical or just plain old careful, but is this normal process???? As lazy as I am I kind of feel I’d feel more comfortable going into a NBD branch to sort out a credit card application...

Thoughts ladies?

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EW GURU
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 20:13
Went to my DH's workplace too. Perhaps it is their way of checking that you actually work where you say you do. :)
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 19:42
Normal for most banks I think - certainly for the four letter one when dh opened our account.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 19:33
Normal for NBD, they come to you for everything
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EW GURU
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 19:11
Hi LL, yes I believe that this is the normal process. Certainly this was what occurred when DH applied for his CC. The card that you are interested in has the highest interest rate and annual fee, so I would imagine that they would see you as an important new customer. I would play it coy, if you can, as DH managed to get a voucher for a Mont Blanc pen, for signing up. Of course he had to chase it up for months, but he got it in the end!
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 19:10
Hmmm...think i would sort it out in person at a branch too.
 
 

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