Understanding Your HSBC Premier Credit Card

HSBC Premier Credit Card User Guide (PDF)

Understanding Your HSBC Premier Credit Card
Enjoying privileges with HSBC Premier Credit Card
Using Your HSBC Premier Credit Card
Managing Your Accounts
Settling Card Balance
Security Tips
Understanding Your Monthly Card Statement

Understanding Your HSBC Premier Credit Card

With services that include Global acceptance in over 24 million merchants, a fabulous privilege and rewards programme, not to mention a committed team of Customer Service Officers, this is a card designed to help you live life the way you want to.

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Enjoying privileges with HSBC Premier Credit Card

home&Away Programme

As an HSBC Premier Credit Card holder, you are automatically registered to our home&Away, giving you year-round exclusive offers and discounts worldwide and in Vietnam when making purchases with HSBC Premier Credit Card. Please visit www.hsbc.com.vn for a full list of local offers.

Air Mileage Programme

Earn free miles on our partner frequent flyer programme Asia Miles^TM and redeem air tickets from 20 airlines partners including Cathay Pacific Airways, American Airlines, British Ariways... All you need to do is sign up for Asia Miles^TM. Membership is FREE.

Rewards Programme

Through HSBC Rewards Programme, every VND 1,000 you spend on your HSBC Premier Credit Card earns you 1 reward point. Your accumulated points can be redeemed for gifts or gift vouchers through or, you can choose to donate them to local charities which help support disadvantaged children in Vietnam, through Internet Banking or PhoneBanking.

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Using Your HSBC Premier Credit Card

Purchase goods and services at outlets

Your HSBC Premier Credit Card is widely accepted for payment at over 26,000 merchants in Vietnam and 24 million merchants worldwide – wherever the MasterCard® logo is displayed.
• Simply present your HSBC Premier Credit Card when making a purchase or receiving service(s) provided by a merchant.
• The merchant will request you to sign a sales slip which contains details of your HSBC Premier Credit Card and the amount to be billed to your Card.
• Please check that the correct amount is printed on the sales slip before signing it.
• After you sign the sales slip, the merchant will verify your signature against your Premier Credit Card and return a copy of the slip along with your card.
• Please ensure the card returned to you is yours and not a card belonging to another person.

Purchase Online

You can use HSBC Premier Credit Card to purchase online at the trusted websites. To minimise the risk of your card information being misused, please register SecurePay service through HSBC Internet Banking at www.hsbc.com.vn.

Accessing cash

By using your HSBC Premier Credit Card and Personal Identification Number (PIN), you can access cash and perform cash advance at:
• 700 HSBC ATMs or Techcombank ATMs in Vietnam
• More than 25 million ATMs or bank displaying the MasterCard^®/Cirrus^® logo

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Managing Your Account

Internet Banking

Through HSBC Internet Banking, you can access and manage your HSBC Premier Credit Card accounts anytime anywhere. After registering online, you can
• View balance and monitor transactions of your HSBC Premier Credit Card and bank accounts at your convenience.
• Make payments from your HSBC Premier accounts easily and securely, 24/7
• Download and print out your monthly statement
• Manage your reward points and redemption
• Register for HSBC's secure online payment service (SecurePay)

Our Internet Banking is free, safe, simple and convenient. Simply register by following the 3 steps below:
1. Go to www.hsbc.com.vn and click on the "registration" button to register
2. Create your HSBC Internet Banking account
3. Select your accounts to be linked to HSBC Internet Banking

Security Device for accessing Internet Banking will be delivered to you shortly after registration.

PhoneBanking

HSBC PhoneBanking Service is convenient, reliable and one of the easiest ways to know your account information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Through HSBC PhoneBanking, you will be able to:
• Check your card account balance and recent transactions
• Request ATM PIN of Your HSBC Premier Credit Card
• Change Phone PIN
• Manage reward points and redemption
• Activate your new Premier Credit Card
• Our PhoneBanking Service at (84 8) 37 247 666 is free and no registration is required

ATM

You can check the status and balance of your Premier Credit Card account and other HSBC accounts at HSBC ATMs using your card and PIN

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Settling Card Balance

Payment Amount

You may (i) settle your HSBC Premier Credit Card account in full each month, (ii) pay the minimum amount due, or (iii) pay any amount ranging from the minimum amount due to the total amount due any time on or before the payment due date. Should you opt for paying less than the total amount due, the remaining amount due is carried forward to the next billing period and a finance charge will be applied.

Payment options

A HSBC Premier Credit Card statement clearly listing the transactions you made during the previous month and the amount you should pay will be mailed to you every month. To ensure that you spend as little time as possible on paying bills, we offer you a variety of payment options. Simply choose the one that suits you best.

• Auto Debit
Make your card payment (for either the minimum amount due or the total amount due) directly by debiting your HSBC bank account every month. Simply fill out the Direct Debit Authorisation form and mail it back to us. A confirmation letter will be sent to you when the service is successfully set up.

• Transfer Funds

You may transfer funds from your HSBC Premier account(s) to your HSBC Premier Credit Card account through one of the following services:
• HSBC Internet Banking at www.hsbc.com.vn
• HSBC PhoneBanking at (84 8) 37 247 666
• HSBC Internet Banking at www.hsbc.com.vn

• Cash payment

You can make a cash payment to settle your HSBC Premier Credit Card account at any HSBC branch during our service hours on weekdays.

• Via VNPost counters

You may settle your HSBC Premier Credit Card account on cash via VNPost counters. It will take two (2) business woking days for HSBC to recognise your payment, a charge of 0.1% payment amount (minimum VND 20,000) will be applied and billed into your next statement. Kindly visit www.hsbc.com.vn for details of VNPost outlet locations.

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Security Tips

Steps To Keep Your Card Safe

• Sign your card on the signature panel as soon as you receive it
• Keep a note of your card number and file it in a safe place, separately from your card
• Keep your card in a secure place, and treat it as if it were cash
• Don't forget to take your card from the ATM after use or after purchase transactions
• Always complete the "total amount" on the sales slip with a currency sign before the number and don't leave space for extra figures
• Make sure your card is returned to you promptly after transactions
• Keep the copy of your sales slips and check them against your monthly statements

Security of your PIN

• Never keep a record of your Personal Identification Number (PIN). Instead, memorize it
• Do not let anyone use your card and do not disclose your PIN to anyone
• Don't choose obvious numbers for your PIN, such as ID card number or date of birth
• For extra security, change your PIN regularly at any HSBC ATM
• Make sure your PIN is protected from view when you use an ATM or any other electronic payment terminals. If you think someone has seen or knows your PIN, change it immediately

Lost or Stolen Protection

If your card has been lost or stolen, or if your PIN is disclosed to a third party, please report the incident immediately by calling our 24/7 Customer Service Hotline at (84 8) 37 247 666. If you are traveling overseas, please inform the nearest Visa centre as soon as possible.
Please note that you are liable for all amounts debited to Your HSBC Premier Credit Card as a result of the unauthorized use of your card/PIN until you report loss, theft or disclosure of your card or PIN. If your card/PIN which has been reported lost or stolen is recovered, it must not be used again.

Secure Online Payment Service (MasterCard^® SecureCode^TM)

This free service provides extra security when shopping online with HSBC Premier Credit Cards. Please register through HSBC Internet Banking.

How it works
• Create your SecureCode and Personal Greeting for SecurePay
• Shop online at participating merchants and pay with your HSBC Credit Card
• Verify that the authentication screen is genuine by checking that the Personal Greeting is the one you created at the time of registration.
• Enter your SecureCode to authenticate the transaction, and complete your online purchase
This service is available at no additional cost. To register, all you need is your username, password from HSBC Internet Banking at www.hsbc.com.vn

Emergency Services:

• Instant lost/stolen card reporting.
• Emergency card replacement on the next day.
• Emergency cash advance of USD 2,000

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Understanding Your Monthly Card Statement

You can track your purchases made on Your HSBC Premier Credit Card over the last 12 months by downloading your primary account e-statements via HSBC Internet Banking at www.hsbc.com.vn.

1. Statement Date: This is the date your monthly statement was generated.

2. Payment Due Date: The date by which your payment (at least the minimum amount due) must be made to avoid charges.
3. Statement Balance: The amount in which all transactions of the month are recorded together with the unpaid balance from the previous month. All foreign currency transactions will be converted to VND.

4. Minimum Payment: Minimum amount you are required to pay.

5. Transaction Date: The date when the transaction was made.

6. Post Date: The date the transaction was posted to your card account.

7. Description of Transaction: This section provides details of all payments, purchases, cash advances, and credits made during the statement period.

8. Amount: This lists the transaction amount against each payment, purchase, cash advance or credit. All foreign currency transactions will be converted to Vietnam Dong.

9. Reward Points Programme: This section provides the total amount of reward points earned in the month; total reward points balance by end of the month and rewards points to be expired by the expiry dates.

*All foreign currency transactions will be converted to Vietnam Dong.

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