First Bank was awful! They wanted me to put a deposit down and they wouldn’t even open my business account because I was ‘not at the office’. I do work at clients’ locations. They are one of the worst when it comes to arcane rules. Not only that, You need to open the account in your particular district. So if you know someone in a branch away from your area, you shit outta luck!
First Bank? More like WORST Bank! Fuck First Bank!
Yup… it was a pain when i got the card originally. Too bad.
Hopefully someone else buys their portfolio as they have a very large one for credit cards.
They told me years ago at a Kaohsiung branch that if you cant read Chinese in detail, then no account. They were the only bank to do this. Credit card no problem.
Well, I’ll be cancelling my credit card with Citibank and try to resurrect the Amex one. I need a recognizable name in the West, one that won’t get the “is this card a real one?” look or worse, rejected.
That is what I get for getting a personalized Jeremy Lin card.
I wouldn’t worry about a recognizable Bank Name on a Credit Card - TW issued Cards have worked for us in Europe. Some Cards that I have seen in fact don’t even have the issuing Bank Name on them. AMEX (and Diners) are in fact less usable as the Merchant is charged a higher fee and thus either pass it on to the Cardholder, or dont accept at all - just stick with MasterCard and Visa and you should be fine - all they care about these days is that the computer says ‘approved’ after it is swiped!!