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Rewards, rates, and the plastic in your wallet—decoded for real life.
Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) raised the annual airport lounge visit allowance on its Priority Banking credit cards to eight trips from six, pairing the change with a higher foreign-transaction rebate cap for cardholders who meet quarterly wealth thresholds.
Standard Chartered Taiwan raised the annual airport-lounge visit limit on its Priority Banking credit cards to eighteen from twelve, effective for card cycles that renew in November.
Criminal investigators and CTBC Bank urged cardholders to verify one-time password texts line by line after rings bound stolen cards to mobile wallets for department-store splurges.
Union Bank’s digital-subscription promo stacks 10 percent rebates on Netflix and other streamers for cardholders who register before monthly caps fill.
Bank SinoPac is waiving mobile-banking transfer fees for Taiwan Power and water utility payments through the Double-Ten long weekend, pitching the perk to cardholders who consolidate household bills before statement cycles close.
Taishin Bank is bundling ChatGPT, Notion and other AI subscriptions into its Richart points program for October web sales, while rival issuers tighten login caps on holiday promotions.
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