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Earn 2% Instant Cashback on Everyday Global Debit Card (Tap and Pay under $100, Max $50/Month Cashback) @ HSBC Australia

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An obligatory OzReminder on this great offer from HSBC

Credit to initial OP’s HSBC post


Steps:

  1. Deposit at least AUD2,000 into your HSBC Everyday Global Account every month (can be withdrawn at any time).
  2. Earn 2% cashback instantly on purchases "under $100 (=$99.99)" with tap and pay. Max $50 per month.

Tips:

  1. Get the App to check if cashback is activated under Everyday Extras section
  2. Tap & pay with Apple Pay/Google Pay

Fees and charges for the Everyday Global Account

Account Service Fee Fee
Monthly Service Fee $0
Transaction Fees Local - Per Transaction
Online Banking $0
Deposits $0
ATM Withdrawals $0
EFTPOS $0
Bank@Post™(Post Office) $0
Automated Phone Banking $0
BPAY® $0
International Transaction Fees Per Transaction
Overseas ATM Withdrawal Fee $0
Overseas Transaction Fee – Payable when you make a transaction on your account in a currency other than Australian dollars, or you make a transaction on your account in any currency (including AUD) that is processed/billed by either the merchant or its financial institution/payment processor outside of Australia 0% of the total value amount of each such transaction

Update (As of 11 April 2024)

What transactions don’t cashbacks apply to?

business
bus, rail & ferry fares
traveller’s cheques
refunds
vending machines
purchases made with cash withdrawals
commercial
foreign currency
money orders
reversals
car parking
online purchases
Bitcoin and other
government
debt payments
money transfers
gambling
cash withdrawals
transactions made by us
non-fiant currency

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Comments

  • +13

    It's good. But it takes longer to transfer to and from other banks sometimes.

    • +42

      There was an app update 1 week ago that now supports 'fast payments'.
      It worked for me fairly instantaneous from HSBC to ubank (ubank to HSBC was always fast for me).

      • +2

        Thanks for the information. It's a good news.

        • +1

          my payment out xfer still slow … "Estimated arrival: Within 2 business days from payment date"

          my bro signed up last week and on payment review page shows "fast payment" and was immediate. mine doesnt

      • +3

        Thanks for the update, just transferred from HSBC to ANZ and worked, Fn… finally part of NPP!

        Can't believe it took them so long to implement it

      • Do you know if this is PayID? I.e. you type in a mobile number and can transfer instantly?

        • no, just from or to anyone, no payid required for it to be instant, but obv the receiving account has to have instant as well

        • +1

          I don't believe it's true PayID or Osko.
          It'll send it "fast" based on the BSB and account number you enter.
          I haven't quite figured out the specifics of how HSBC implemented it.

          • @wutang01: I just signed up, and when transferring from Up to HSBC, Up says it can't go through Osko, so it will revert to a normal bank transfer. Very annoying.

          • +6

            @wutang01: There's layers to fast payments. NPP is the underlying platform.

            PayID is just the addressing service.

            Fast payments are either Osko (owned by BPay) which is a layer that uses the NPP and there's SCT.

            Some banks support both and will fall back to whichever the receiving bank supports, some only Osko and some only SCT.

            Seems HBSC may only support SCT, so sending to an Osko only bank like Up can't be done realtime.

            • @bamzero: Instant payments from HSBC to Up are now working. But not the other way around.

      • +4

        Fast payments are only supported through the app though, not via the website.

      • Do you know what is the daily limit for fast payments? Thanks.

      • Only took 2 years of "coming soon". At least they had been accepting fast payments for years now.

      • And also to CBA is instant

    • +2

      Instant payment in and out are now enabled.

    • +3

      Instant payment works for me transferring between my HSBC and ING account now.

    • I find Osko payments from Bankwest to HSBC instant, but not the other way around (next day)

      • Mine is the opposite, out is instant but in (from Westpac) still takes 1 business day.

    • My first transfer took 24-48 hours. Everything after that is instant.

    • Money in was always instant for me, money out would take a day or two but as already mentioned they now support fast pay. Just did a transfer in and out today instant both ways.

    • I’ve never had issues. It’s always instant for me. To and from Commbank & Ubank

  • +9

    Been using this for over a year now. Very good offer.
    Also I used the card recently in Bali and can confirm zero atm withdraw fees and a very good currency exchange rate.

    • +5

      Their international rates are around 3% more expensive compared to Ubank and Bankwest

      • I normally use Citi Plus for international ATM cash out which gives slightly better rate than HSBC
        haven't used UBank or Bankwest so not sure which is the best rate though

        • +5

          Ubank, Bankwest, Citi cards will use the respective card's forex rates (Visa or Mastercard)

          HSBC uses their own rates which I have found to be slightly worse than Visa/MC, although still better than paying 3% fee with many of the other cards on the market.

      • I didn't find that, and I used it in Bali as well. I thought the rate was pretty spot on

  • Zero ATM overseas but the 2% cashback doesn't work. Only in Australia.

    • +1

      Mixed results. Recent reports from Ozb travellers report that for example in Japan, ATM withdrawal still charges fees Y200.

      The only one I can confirm is that in Indonesia and Singapore, HSBC ATMs are free to use (no fee at all).

      • +3

        Those are ATM operator fees which charge all cards. The 7/11 ATMs in Japan only charge fees for Visa cards (this) and not MC I believe.

        • +1

          I used Macquarie and Citi bank debit cards all over Japan in 7/11 ATM's. There were no charges

          • @varunbabu008: A few years ago when I was in Japan I used the Citibank card at ATMs in 7/11 and no fees were charged. If any fees charged are the ATM provider fees and not Citibank and it is the same everywhere. I have used Citibank card exclusively for my travels and ATM charges only apply if the ATM provider is charging a fee.

        • Wrong 7/11 with Citibank charges no fees at all.

          • +1

            @nightelves: That's because Citibank debit is a Mastercard (MC) as per my comment

    • is there atm fees for australia?

  • Thoughts on this vs the ING debit card? Heading to Europe until September and not 100% sure on the best way to go

    • +2

      I'd get both ready.

    • +1

      I currently use this and so my opinion is probably biased. But if I'm correct, ING has a charge for internation transactions.

      HSBC doesn't. Since you're headed to Europe, you can store Euros in HSBC to even avoid the conversion fee later and it will pay using that, only through the Everyday Global Account. I used it when I was in South East Asia and no additional charges present on my account, you get charged straightaway and it shows current AUD amount, if paying via AUD and currency amount of foreign currency.

      As mentioned by zelliot before, cashback offer works only in AU and works only on tap and pay, not online shopping etc.

      • All international transactions/withdraws have a fee, but then you get it rebated instantly so in practice is fee free. Been with ING for 7+ years and it's always been like that

        • They recently limited international withdrawals to 5 and combined it with domestic

          • @indomatic: Sorry what do you mean by combined it with domestic? I was thinking of switching to UBank as my main bank anyways. Already have my savings account and home loan with UBank so makes sense

            • +1

              @RickyBaker: i have ING, so you can only get the rebated atm fees, 5 times a month, atm fees in aus and overseas both count towards the same 5.

    • Get the Wise debit card, I think it's still free to get and I suspect you'll get better rates with a tiny little bit more effort.

      • +1

        I'd be interested to see what the exchange rate on the Wise card is. HSBC seems to be pretty competitive: https://www.hsbc.com.au/calculators/real-time-exchange-rates…

        • +11

          Just tried to get EUR 1000 from both HSBC and Wise.
          HSBC shows I need to pay AUD 1,652.89 https://www.hsbc.com.au/calculators/real-time-exchange-rates…
          Wise shows I need to pay $1627.53 https://wise.com/au/pricing/card-fees?targetAmount=1000&sour…

          So looks like wise is better

          • @sun sunny: Good spot, it seems for larger amounts it's the way to go

            • @OVOXO: I would be there as well this year so planning in advance ;)

          • @sun sunny: HSBC charges $38 for convertion, Wise charges $4.58

            If I spend overseas or cash from ATO, do I still need to pay these fees? Isn't it suppose to be 0% Overseas Transaction Fee?

            I'm also trying to figure out which is the better option, Wise or debit card

            Thanks.

            • @wswgin: I believe wise will charge the conversion fee once when you convert from aud to eur. And then they give 2 transactions upto aud350 per month for free. if you scroll down on my wise link above you will see the table for ATM withdrawal.

              as per their site: Make 2 withdrawals of up to 350 AUD each month for free per account. After that, we’ll charge 1.5 AUD per withdrawal. There’s a 1.75% fee on any amount you withdraw above 350 AUD.

              • @sun sunny: Yes, for wise I think it doesn't matter when you convert, you can lock in the rate and convert before spending, or just spend and auto convert at the time of purchase, the conversion fees will be the same.

                For debit cards like HSBC, ING or Maquaire, do they charge anything when spending overseas?

                • @wswgin: as per the HSBC site they charge $0 overseas ATM fee and $0 international transaction fees whether you are travelling or spending online.

                  Also this: Non-HSBC branded ATMs and HSBC Group ATMs in Argentina, France, Greece, Malta, Mexico and Turkey may charge an ATM operator fee for withdrawals or balance enquiries at their ATMs.

                  • @sun sunny: Thanks, looks like it comes down to this, hard to say which is better

                    Transaction or Convertion fees
                    Debit cards: No
                    Wise: Yes

                    Exchange rate
                    Debit cards: Mostly Mastercard of Visa rates, some cards use their own rate such as HSBC
                    Wise: Slightly better rate compared to the debit cards

                    ATM with draws
                    Debit cards: Some cards have no ATM fees, if you find the right ATM
                    Wise: free for 2 withdraws up to 350, additional charge applies

                    • @wswgin: You mentioned that there's no conversion fee for the debit card. Is that for HSBC? Cos if I go to this page https://www.hsbc.com.au/calculators/real-time-exchange-rates… and use my example of getting eur1000 and use the calculator to convert currencies between HSBC accounts. They don't show a conversion fee but the exchange rate is worse as compared to wise. I pay less in AUD overall with wise. So wise would be a better deal for conversion I believe.

                      • @sun sunny: This is the part I'm a little confused.

                        The one you quoted is for convert currencies between HSBC accounts, there is no fee, the rate is worse than wise.

                        Another option is sending foreign currency to overseas banks, HSBC has quite a high fee.

                        If I take the card and pay overseas, which category does it fall into?

                        The card says HSBC Overseas Transaction Fee is 0%. So I assume that If I swip the card overseas, there is no fee, it just uses the exchange rate and convert.

                        • @wswgin: If you use your card overseas I guess HSBC will use their real time exchange rate and convert your AUD to that currency in real time. They are not charging you a conversion fee but earning by giving a lower exchange rate lol

                          Better to confirm with their customer care.

                          • @sun sunny: In my experience asking a bank to tell you what their conversion rate is is like talking to a brick wall. Last time I spoke to Citibank about it, it was just "we do not charge a transaction fee" despite obviously profiting on the exchange rate. Getting them to acknowledge that was impossible. I am sure they were jus using their script though.

                            For what it is worth, I used Wise for my recent trip to Japan and it was flawless. Although I wasn't sure how withdrawing yen with it would work (given the above mentioned 2 withdrawals of up to $350 rule) it seems that is only for ATM withdrawals that result in an automatic currency conversion. Withdrawing yen you already have in your account seems to be free and unlimited.

                            • +3

                              @EBC: Just had a chat to them about it:

                              Hi Isaac, if I want to spend money overseas using my HSBC debit card do I need to have that foreign currency in my account? Or AUD will be okay?
                              You at 14:35, Jun 6:

                              For the Everyday Global account, for any transactions apart from the 10 listed currencies, it will be charged on the main AUD account automatically.
                              But lets say you are in UK, and you have GBP currencies, any transactions in GBP will be charged on the GBP account, provided you have enough available balance.
                              Isaac at 14:38, Jun 6:

                              If I am in UK and I don't have GBP will it charge the AUD account?
                              And will that conversion take place using the real time exchange rate here: https://www.hsbc.com.au/calculators/real-time-exchange-rates…
                              You at 14:39, Jun 6:

                              That is correct, if you havent opened the GBP account, it will also be charged on the AUD account.
                              For conversions on the card, it will use the Visa's daily rate.
                              The real time rate is only for exchanges done online in between your own account.
                              Isaac at 14:41, Jun 6:

                              So when I get charged using the Visa rate, is there any conversion charge or any other charges?
                              You at 14:42, Jun 6:

                              Nothing from HSBC AU, but charges might be from the operator fee or visa themselves.
                              Isaac at 14:46, Jun 6:

                              Ok thanks
                              You at 14:47, Jun 6:

                              And do ATM withdrawals work the same way?
                              You at 14:50, Jun 6:

                              That is correct, the same exact way :)
                              Isaac at 14:51, Jun 6:

                              • @sun sunny: Ha, well that is a much more helpful conversation than the one I had with Citibank. Thanks for that.

                        • @wswgin: you can read the chat I pasted above, it should help

                          • @sun sunny: Thanks!!

                            Thanks, so it really just comes down to the Wise conversion fee compared to the slighlty higher exchange rate from the debit cards.

                            I just calculated to exchange for 100K JPY,

                            Wise conversion fee is $5.70, but with better exchange rate the total cost of AUD is $1080.28.

                            With Mastercard there's no conversion fee but with worse exchange rate, the cost of AUD is $1085.15.

                            So Wise is better.

                            • @wswgin: The exchange rate spread for Visa and Mastercard varies each day, there isn't any consistency as to which offers the best rate each day.

                              Generally Mastercard has 0.5% extra added and Visa has 1%, but this can be higher or lower. Visa gives you the rate on the day of the transaction whereas Mastercard gives the rate on the day of settlement.

                              Given the ATM fees I don't bother with Wise for traveling, but you could potentially take all three cards and study the rates online in real time to try and get the best deal

      • Wise charges a forgien convertion fee, last time I exchanged 2000 AUD to JPY, the convertion fee was almost $10, does HSBC or ING charge any conversion fees?

        If these debit card charge no transaction/convertion fee at all, then Wise card's only benefit is locking in the better FX rate by exchanging anytime you want?

        • If they don't charge a fee, then the pricing will be buried in the exchange rate. The only way to really compare them is to look at the total before and after value.

          See the post from sun sunny above where they do the comparison & Wise comes out (slightly) ahead.

      • Thought the Wise debit card was $10

        • Ah it might be now - I got it when it first was released & it was free.

      • Ubank is better pretty sure, uses Visa exchange rate with actually 0 fees as far as I know, otherwise plenty of travel CC with 0 foreign fees.

      • Wise charge a fixed fee PLUS a percentage fee, whereas most other places just charge a percentage.
        This does mean that Wise generally will work out more expensive for smaller transactions (because the fixed fee really bumps it up), but they will be cheaper for large transactions (and the larger the transaction the cheaper they will generally be compared to the competition).

    • +1

      I found the exchange rate on ING to be dubious (even though they say they don't have a conversion fee, I think they might build it into their rate conversion). I found both HSBC and Citi card to be the best…used them both in Bali last month and exchange rate was great. Didn't try atm withdrawals though, so can't comment on that. ING is stopping the free atm withdrawals (refunded fees) for international end of next month, I think?

      • I tried to find the ING conversion rate numbers but couldn't. Since our trip carries over into the month of August and the free withdrawals will be cancelled by then I'll have to get another card. Thinking either this HSBC one or the Wise card.

        • look at the Citibank Plus debit card. That is better than HSBC if using to pay for goods and services o/s. Not sure about using atms. I only did that in China and their banks don't charge to make atm withdrawals anyway.

        • ING uses the Visa rate. Mastercard and Wise are generally a little better (by about 0.5%) but Wise has high ATM fees.

          • @pennypacker42069: Wow!! I didn't know mastercard had better fx rates than visa. I will exclusively use my Macquarie rather than my ubank debit card for online purchases from now. Thanks!

      • +1

        ING stopping rebate on international atm withdrawal fees from 1 August.. https://www.ing.com.au/rates-and-fees/orange-everyday-fees.h…

        • Yep, and they sneakily started charging their own fee for ATM withdrawals after the 5th monthly just recently, too, so they're now a vastly inferior product.

    • 28degrees mastercard

  • +4

    So many reminder posts atm haiyaaa

    • +1

      they are timely, as there are many that don't know about these sorts of ongoing deals.

  • +3

    Im with HSBC they are generally decent but their app is average af

    • Understatement of the year.

    • Yeah I just set up a weekly deposit and then don’t touch the app just check out once in a while to make sure the balance doesn’t get too high. Way better apps to use for your main transaction/savings account. This one just for paywave.

    • The app doesnt have push notification for transactions. In 2024. How!!??

  • Been using it. Instant savings

  • This would be a good fallback option for when you run out of limit with the Cryptospend debit card.

    • -2

      but ewww xrp ..

      • Can you elaborate more? You can always convert XRP to AUD right away and retain the value of your cashback if you don't like to hold XRP. Also XRP needs to lose its value by more than 30% (from the time you receive the cashback) for the Cryptospend deal to be worse than this HSBC deal.

        • always convert XRP to AUD right away and retain the value of your cashback if you don't like to hold XRP.

          is it all taxable events?

          • @capslock janitor: I imagine it would have a cost basis of what you got it at so if you instantly sell… you could even get a tax write off due to fees haha. Tax ain't my speciality though,

    • They have opposite of cashback (cashtake? Lel )

      Below is from their website.

      What fees do you charge?
      We currently offer a 1-2% fee for buying crypto. We do not charge deposit or withdrawal fees. We also have a crypto-to-$AUD transaction fee of 2-3%. For example, if you’re using the Wayex Card to buy something worth $100 in store, there will be a $2-3 fee from our end. There are no fees for spending $AUD.

      • You are commenting on a 1 year old thread lol . Back in 2023, Cryptospend offered 3% cashback. That offer lasted for almost a year.

        • Oh hah, just realised this. Damn reposts amirite

  • great card! do you know if I can get one for myself and 1 for my partner and I??

    • +1

      Yes, possible with a joint acct

  • +2

    Been using it for past 1.5 year, saved around $300

    • same i checked the pie chart

      • Which pie chart?

    • $550 in 18 months for me

  • -1

    A month back, I posted a detailed review on the play store about how HSBC is falling behind by not offering npp transfers. I guess they are offering it now. I'd still say they are over 10 years late in the game.

    Although couldn't see you can pay to a payid yet.

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