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Full-time students from designated universities/ tertiary institution are eligible to apply for the HSBC Visa Gold Card for Students. This card offers perpetual annual fee waiver. Moreover, cardholders can enjoy a HK$300 rebate as welcome offer upon spending HK$600 or more in the first 60 days after card issuance. From now until 2 March 2020, cardholders can enjoy up to 2.4% RewardCash rebate for tuition fee payment. Also, cardholders can earn up to 2.4% extra RewardCash through Red Hot Offers in your preferred spending categories.
HSBC Visa Gold Card for students are designed especially for full-time students from designated educational institutions without annual income requirement. With HSBC Visa Gold Card for students, you can enjoy the following year-round rewards:
Step 1: Submit an online application form
Step 2: Upload required documents
Step 3: HSBC will process your application within six working days.
Step 3: Upon successful application, the new card will be mailed to you within three working days.
Step 5: Activate your card online/ through card activation hotline at +852 3163 0688
Only HSBC Visa Gold Card for students offers 2.4% RewardCash rebate for paying tuition fee online. The maximum rebate amount is $400 RewardCash. From now until 2 March 2020, cardholders can earn up to 2.4% RewardCash rebate for tuition fee payment with HSBC Visa Gold Card. The promotion runs in 2 phases and the maximum rebate amount for each phase is HK$200 RewardCash, i.e. HK$400 in total for the whole promotion period. The card limit of the card is unlikely to cover the tuition fee. Therefore, cardholders are advised to add enough funds to the credit card in advance to enjoy the offers.
It is worthwhile to take a minute to understand the common fees associated with a credit card such as late charge, foreign currency transactions fee, overlimit handling fee before applying in order not to be taken by surprise when you receive the statement.
Minimum payment consisting of the total fees and charges due, 1% of the statement balance (minimum HK$50), plus overdue or overlimit due (whichever is higher), is required for each statement.
Late charge will be incurred if no minimum payment is received by the relevant due date of the statement. The amount will either be the minimum payment due or HK$230 (whichever is lower).
Cash withdrawal service at HSBC Group’s ATM network in Hong Kong is provided free of charge.
To check the application status, you can call HSBC hotline and quote the reference number given to you after you have submitted your application online. For HSBC Premier customers, please call (852) 2233 3322. For HSBC Advance customers, please call (852) 2748 8333. For all other customers, please call (852) 2233 3000.
HSBC Visa Gold Card for student offers perpetual annual fee waiver as part of the welcome offers.
Yes. Students from designated universities/ tertiary education, irrespective of their annual income can apply.
You can do so by adding enough funds to your credit card to cover your tuition fee.
Yes, You can. From now until 2 March 2020, you can earn up to 2.4% RewardCash rebate if you settle your tuition fee with HSBC Visa Gold Card. The promotion runs in 2 phases and the maximum rebate amount for each phase is $200 RewardCash.