tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post4368295725493578047..comments2024-03-27T15:45:49.926+04:00Comments on Life in Dubai: Bank vs SeabeeSeabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-7932344194316227302011-03-14T22:26:16.285+04:002011-03-14T22:26:16.285+04:00Actually the experience with my UAE bank has been ...Actually the experience with my UAE bank has been much better than 99% of the banking stories I have been told in this country. <br /><br />Only issue was the first time I should get the renewed credit card, then the courier would not deliver to our work location in the oil fields, so I had to go to my branch in the capital to pick it up on an off day. Of course the lady with the key to the safe was on sick leave that day... but they sorted it out by sending it to the branch by my work location. Next time it worked better, the courier delivered it.<br />Otherwise everything including online banking and setting an account for my wife has been flawless.<br />Yes, I am a bit in shock!JiEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-51117223584228943152011-03-14T22:09:01.420+04:002011-03-14T22:09:01.420+04:00Might I suggest you use a service like LastPass to...Might I suggest you use a service like LastPass to store all the numbers they give you; it runs on pretty much every operating system and device (iphone, android, nokia, blackberry etc).<br /><br />It allows a feature to store a 'secure note' which you unlock using your password. I store a number of important numbers on it, safe in knowledge if I'm in the middle of the desert, or even if my house and all of my computer backups have burnt down all my important numbers will be there.samuraisamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177501779546963794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-75450637346892224872011-03-14T19:07:10.324+04:002011-03-14T19:07:10.324+04:00The Kipp report has now got an article on HSBC.The Kipp report has now got an article on HSBC.Mme Cholethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00882407677420515216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-68215779121740599292011-03-14T17:51:53.591+04:002011-03-14T17:51:53.591+04:00I'm feeling your pain Seabee. The endless hass...I'm feeling your pain Seabee. The endless hassles I had with Red Triangles bank (TM: Grumpy Goat) and with Notional Bank of Dubai, and also my wife's troubles with Emirates *ank had receded into the murky waters of almost-memory. All I can surmise is that logic was invented in Ancient Greece, and works in the Western Hemisphere: once you venture east of Turkey, yer stuffed. Now let's wait for the hate-mail.Keefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04820411415545249138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-73306880272767669072011-03-14T17:39:54.655+04:002011-03-14T17:39:54.655+04:00Mme Cholet, I was asked similar surreal questions ...<b>Mme Cholet</b>, I was asked similar surreal questions which I struggled to answer. "I have no idea" seemed to be acceptable though.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-31511955770608460312011-03-14T17:01:44.775+04:002011-03-14T17:01:44.775+04:00I feel your pain. I experienced this a while back ...I feel your pain. I experienced this a while back and it only got resolved when we sat in front of a person who, I have to say, was fantastic at sorting it all out. Prior to this, I got asked security questions which had nothing to do with any personal information I'd submitted. The final straw was being asked, 'what's the current rate of interest on your car loan'' It led to a Pythonesque moment of me telling them, 'that's not a security question, that's general knowledge'.Mme Cholethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00882407677420515216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-8263165916226139872011-03-14T16:28:32.299+04:002011-03-14T16:28:32.299+04:00Oh nooooooo! You have alllll my sympathy. What a n...Oh nooooooo! You have alllll my sympathy. What a nightmare!Michhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335355760098330471noreply@blogger.com